Urban East Norwegian

Norwegian dialect spoken in Oslo

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Urban East Norwegian: [ˈstɑ̀ndɑr ˈœ̂stnɔʂk]Native toNorway

Language family

Indo-European

Germanic
- North Germanic
  - East Scandinavian
    - Danish and Norwegian
      - Dano-Norwegian
        Urban East Norwegian

Early forms

Old East Norse

Early Old Danish
- Late Old Danish
  - Dano-Norwegian

Standard forms

Bokmål/Riksmål (written)

Writing system

Latin (Norwegian alphabet)Official status

Official language in

Norway

Nordic CouncilRegulated by Norwegian Language CouncilLanguage codesISO 639-3–

Urban East Norwegian, also known as Standard East Norwegian (Bokmål: standard østnorsk, Urban East Norwegian: [ˈstɑ̀ndɑr ˈœ̂stnɔʂk] ^ⓘ), is a hypothesized Norwegian standard language traditionally spoken in the cities and among the elites of Eastern Norway, which is today the main spoken language of Oslo, its surrounding metropolitan area and throughout much of Eastern Norway. In Eastern Norway, Urban East Norwegian is generally accepted as the de facto spoken standard of Bokmål/Riksmål.^[1]^[2]

Urban East Norwegian has linguistic roots in Danish—specifically the Eastern Norwegian elites' pronunciation of Danish (Dano-Norwegian), traditionally known as Educated Norwegian (dannet dagligtale). The traditional linguistic divide between East Scandinavian and West Scandinavian runs right through Eastern Norway, which was partially ruled by Danish kings in the Middle Ages. Additionally, while influenced to a degree by the traditional spoken dialects of Eastern Norway, Urban East Norwegian is strongly influenced by the written Danish language. It is markedly different from the traditional Norwegian dialects in Eastern Norway, including Oslo, with which it has co-existed for centuries. Until the 20th century, Urban East Norwegian was spoken by the educated middle and upper class, while the working class and the farmer population spoke traditional dialects, that came to be seen as working-class sociolects in Oslo. In Oslo and other parts of central Eastern Norway, Urban East Norwegian has largely displaced traditional dialects since the 20th century.

History

The language emerged among foreign city dwellers as a reaction against the Norwegian language. The language is generally a dialect of Danish, which was the language of prestige during the 400 year Danish occupation of Norway. During this period Norway did not have a university, and the Danish rulers inserted staff educated at, e.g., the university at Copenhagen into positions of some significance, particularly in cities, as well as trade privileges to Danish-speaking individuals. The intonation of the South-Eastern variation of this language closely resembles Swedish, which for some, but not all, was a language of prestige during the Swedish occupation in 1814-1905. During this time, the Norwegian language conflict emerged, with the former prestige dialects losing ground to the Norwegian language, i.e., Landsmål.

As of 2000, Urban East Norwegian was the most commonly taught variety of Bokmål to foreign students.^[2]

Phonology

References

^ Vannebo, Kjell Ivar (2001). "Om begrepene språklig standard og språklig standardisering" [About the terms linguistic standard and linguistic standardization]. Sprog I Norden (in Norwegian): 119–128. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b Kristoffersen, Gjert (2000). The Phonology of Norwegian. Oxford University Press. pp. 6–11. ISBN 978-0-19-823765-5.

Bibliography

Kristoffersen, Gjert (2000), The Phonology of Norwegian, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-823765-5

Norwegian language

Varieties

Written

Official	Bokmål Nynorsk Samnorsk (discontinued)
Unofficial	Høgnorsk Riksmål

Spoken

West and south	Arendalsk Bergensk Sandnesmål Sognamål Stavangersk etc.
East	Bohusmål Gudbrandsdalsmål Hallingmål-Valdris Särna-Idremål [sv] Urban East Norwegian Vikværsk Oslo dialect etc.
Trøndersk	Herjedalsk [sv] Jemtlansk Medalsk Trondheimsk etc.
North	Brønnøymål etc.
Non-dialectical	Kebabnorsk Modern Norwegian Svorsk American Norwegian
Extinct	Old West Norse Old Norwegian Middle Norwegian Dano-Norwegian Russenorsk