Meldal dialect
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Meldal dialect | |
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Region | Meldal |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Meldal dialect or Meldal Norwegian is a dialect of Norwegian used in Meldal. It is a variety of Trøndersk.
Phonology[edit]
Vowels[edit]
- /iː/ is realized in a very original manner. It is a syllabic, palatalized frictionless dental approximant [ð̩ʲ˕ː]. This is realization is also found in some dialects of Swedish.[1][2]
- Old Norse diphthongs ⟨ei⟩ and ⟨øy⟩ are realized as long monophthongs [eː] and [øː]. This is the case in a large part of Sør-Trøndelag in general.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Vanvik (1979), p. 14.
- ^ a b "dialekter i Sør-Trøndelag − Store norske leksikon". Retrieved 21 July 2015.
Bibliography[edit]
- Vanvik, Arne (1979), Norsk fonetikk, Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo, ISBN 82-990584-0-6
External links[edit]