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Westphalian or Westfalish (Wäästfaalisch) is one of the major dialect groups of West Low German. Its most salient feature is its diphthongization (rising diphthongs). For example speakers say ieten ([ɪɛtn̩]) instead of eten for to eat. (There is also a difference in the use of consonants within the Westphalian dialects: North of the Wiehengebirge people tend to speak unvoiced consonants south of the Wiehengebirge they speak voiced consonants e.g.