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All dialects of Oikan have a distinction between the ''kelhre'' register (''kelhria'') and the ''glede'' register (''gledia''). ''Kelhria'' is careful, enunciated speech. ''Gledia'' is natural, “lazy” speech. Certain allophonic processes only occur in ''gledia''.
All dialects of Oikan have a distinction between the ''kelhre'' register (''kelhria'') and the ''glede'' register (''gledia''). ''Kelhria'' is careful, enunciated speech. ''Gledia'' is natural, “lazy” speech. Certain allophonic processes only occur in ''gledia''.


This distinction arose ca. the 1850s, when certain sound changes involving allophony happened, but society begin to see them as inherently informal, so they affected speech without them when speaking formally/carefully. More-or-less, the ''gledia'' register has the natural evolution of Oikan allophony, whereas the ''kelhria'' register is an affectation designed to imitate the Oikan allophony of the early 19th century.
This distinction arose ca. the 1850s, when certain sound changes involving allophony happened, but society begin to see them as inherently informal, so they affected speech without them when speaking formally/carefully. More-or-less, the ''glede'' register has the natural evolution of Oikan allophony, whereas the ''kelhre'' register is an affectation designed to imitate the Oikan allophony of the early 19th century.


=== Other Phonological Details ===
=== Other Phonological Details ===