Gudbrandsdalsmål

Gudbrandsdalsmål or Dølamål is a group of Norwegian dialects traditionally spoken in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdalen, a large valley in Innlandet county.^[2]

RegionGudbrandsdalen and upper Folldal Municipality, Innlandet county

Language family

Indo-European

• Germanic
  • Northwest Germanic^[1]
    • North Germanic
      • West Scandinavian
        • Norwegian
          • Eastern Norwegian
            • Midland Norwegian
              • Gudbrandsdalsmål

ISO 639-3–

GlottologNone

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Gudbrandsdalsmål
Dølamål
Region	Gudbrandsdalen and upper Folldal Municipality, Innlandet county
Language family	Indo-European Germanic Northwest Germanic[1] North Germanic West Scandinavian Norwegian Eastern Norwegian Midland Norwegian Gudbrandsdalsmål
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Administrative map of Gudbrandsdalen.   North Valley   Middle Valley   South Valley

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The dialect can be divided into three subgroups: North Gudbrandsdalen, South Gudbrandsdalen and Lillehammermål. Lillehammermål is the variant spoken in Lillehammer, and as it is an urban dialect, it has great simplifications and more in common with the Urban East Norwegian dialect than the other two dialects from Gudbrandsdalen. An important distinction between South Gudbrandsdalen and North Gudbrandsdalen dialects is that North Gudbrandsdalen has more Nynorsk features than South Gudbrandsdalen. For example, the Vestlandsk (dialect in Western Norway) form of the negation adverb ikkje is used in North Gudbrandsdalen, but the form itte is used in South Gudbrandsdalen and Lillehammer (this form is also used in the dialects in Hedmark, Vestoppland, Numedal, and inner Vestfold).

This dialect is one of several rural Norwegian dialects that has preserved many features from Old Norse which are not present in other urban dialects.^[2]