Nelôxi — Register Showcase #

One scene in the two varieties of Nelôxi: the metrolect, the shared speech of the port–capital–Marīsô metroplex and the standard written language; and the inland dialect of the rural interior, which keeps the older Finnic-heavy forms.

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The scene: morning at the harbor market #

English: In the morning the fisher comes to the harbor. He sells fish at the market. Grandmother buys mushrooms and makes soup. The child wants a donut. "Are you coming?" — "Just now." The old woman pays with small change. Good morning, goodbye.

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Metrolect (port · capital · Marīsô — the standard) #

Mati, kalāj tul satāmôl. Tä vend kalān markôtôl. Babkô komprā gribôn ja kuin supôn. Läpx vol flœzīn. Ka sä tul? — Nūlô, nūlô… Vana nān maks drobôk. Jôvā mati — adē!

The metrolect clips final vowels in casual speech, reaches for the Slavic forms babkô "granny" and gribô "mushroom," and counts in the Slavic dozenal system. It carries the prestige gradient within itself: the same speaker upshifts to full forms (tulē, kalāji, vanamǟr) for official or literary registers, which is the written standard.

Inland (rural interior) #

Matī kalāji tulē satāmôl. Tä vendā kalān markôtôl. Vanamǟr komprā pôlūn ja kuinā supôn. Läpx volē flœzīn. Ka sä tulē? — Nūnū. Vana nān maksā rāk. Jôvā matī, adē.

Inland keeps every full form, the native vanamǟr "grandmother" and pôlū "mushroom", the native reduplication nūnū "right now", and plain rāk "with money". The deep interior still counts the old Finnic way — "how grandmother counts" (see archive/extinct-numbers.md).

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The tell in one line #

"Grandmother buys mushrooms":

Variety	Form
Metrolect	Babkô komprā gribôn
Inland	Vanamǟr komprā pôlūn

Babkô and gribô mark a metroplex speaker; vanamǟr and pôlū mark the interior.