Meldal dialect or Meldal Norwegian is a dialect of Norwegian used in the area of the old Meldal Municipality (now part of Orkland Municipality). 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 [eː] and [øː]. This is the case in a large part of Sør-Trøndelag in general.[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Vanvik, Arne (1979). Norsk fonetikk. Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo. p. 14. ISBN 82-990584-0-6.
- ^ a b Venås, Kjell, ed. (2024-11-25). "dialekter i Sør-Trøndelag". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
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