Brønnøy dialect
Norwegian dialect
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The Brønnøy dialect (Norwegian: Brønnøymål or Sørvest-helgelandsk) is a dialect of Norwegian used in Brønnøy Municipality and also spoken in Vevelstad, Vega and northern Bindalen.[2]
RegionBrønnøy
Indo-European
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Germanic
- Northwest Germanic[1]
- North Germanic
- West Scandinavian
- Norwegian
- Helgelandish dialects
- South Helgelandish[2]
- Brønnøymål
- South Helgelandish[2]
- Helgelandish dialects
- Norwegian
- West Scandinavian
- North Germanic
- Northwest Germanic[1]
GlottologNone
| Brønnøymål | |
|---|---|
| Region | Brønnøy |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Phonology
Tonemes
Unlike most Norwegian dialects, the Brønnøy dialect lacks tonal accents.[3] For example, the noun huse ("the house") and the verb å huse ("to house") are homophonous.[2]
Grammar
Infinitives
In Brønnøy, one finds remnants of the East Norwegian (Austlandet and Trøndelag) system of a kløyvd or "split" infinitive and thus forms such as å veta, å lesa, å jaga, å moka (jamvektsord lit. "equally weighted words") and å hør, å kast, å kjøp (overvektsord lit. "over-weighted words").[2]
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