Meldal dialect

Norwegian dialect of Meldal, Norway
Meldal Norwegian
RegionMeldal
Language family
Indo-European
  • Germanic
    • Northwest Germanic[1]
      • North Germanic
        • West Scandinavian
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

Meldal dialect or Meldal Norwegian is a dialect of Norwegian used in Meldal. It is a variety of Trøndersk.

Phonology

Vowels

  • /iː/ is a syllabic, palatalized dental approximant [ð̩ʲ˕ː]. This is realization is also found in some dialects of Swedish.[2][3]
  • Old Norse diphthongs ⟨ei⟩ and ⟨øy⟩ are realized as long monophthongs [] and [øː]. This is the case in a large part of Sør-Trøndelag in general.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Older Runic". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  2. ^ Vanvik (1979), p. 14.
  3. ^ a b "dialekter i Sør-Trøndelag − Store norske leksikon". Retrieved 21 July 2015.

Bibliography

  • Vanvik, Arne (1979), Norsk fonetikk, Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo, ISBN 82-990584-0-6

External links

  • www.meldal.no - Dialekt
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