Sognamål dialect
Western Norwegian dialect
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Sognamål (lit. 'Sogn language'; pronounced in Sognamål: sognamaol) is a Western Norwegian dialect which is spoken in the area of Sogn. One of the most prominent features of Sognamål is the pronunciation [aʊ] instead of [ɔː] in many words, i.e. exactly how the letter "á" is pronounced in modern Icelandic. The folk/black metal band Windir from Sogndal used the dialect in their lyrics.
| Sognamål dialect | |
|---|---|
| sognamaol | |
| Region | Sogn |
Early forms | |
| Latin (Norwegian alphabet) Norwegian Braille | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| IETF | no-u-sd-no14 |
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
- /eː/ is close-mid front [eː]. Its short counterpart is the open-mid front [ɛ].[3]
- /ʊ, ʊː/ are close-mid [o, oː].[3]
- The long /øː/ is open-mid front [œː], whereas the short /ø/ varies between open-mid front [œ] and near-close front [ʉ̞˖].[3]
- /ɔ, ɔː/ are open-mid [ɔ, ɔː].[3]
- /a, aː/ are central [ä, äː].[3]
- /iʉ, iʉː/ are phonetically [iʉ̟, iʉ̟ː].[5]
- /ei, eiː/ are phonetically [ei, eiː].[5]
- /eʉ, eʉː/ are phonetically [eʉ̟, eʉ̟ː].[5]
- /øy, øyː/ are phonetically [œy, œyː].[5]
- /ɔi, ɔiː/ are phonetically [ɔ̟i, ɔ̟iː].[5]
- /oʊ, oʊː/ are phonetically [ɔo, ɔoː].[5]
- /ai, aiː/ are phonetically [äi, äiː].[5]
- /aʊ, aʊː/ are phonetically [äo̟, äo̟ː].[5]
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