Meldal dialect

Meldal dialect or Meldal Norwegian is a dialect of Norwegian used in Meldal. It is a variety of Trøndersk.

Meldal dialect
RegionMeldal
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone

Phonology

Vowels
  • /iː/ is realized in a very original manner. It is a syllabic, palatalized frictionless dental approximant [ð̩ʲ˕ː]. This is realization is also found in some dialects of Swedish.[1][2]
  • 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.[2]
gollark: Anecdotal comparisons of rich people, who are not in fact the people you are making claims about, also do not validate what you're saying.
gollark: No, I mean it's irrelevant because bringing up one person doesn't actually make a claim true for everyone ever.
gollark: I assume this is meant as an insult, but it's irrelevant to your point anyway.
gollark: Also, are you assuming intelligent people are all millionaires?
gollark: That's a bad source. Do you pay attention to millionaires who are getting on fine?

References
  1. Vanvik (1979), p. 14.
  2. "dialekter i Sør-Trøndelag − Store norske leksikon". Retrieved 21 July 2015.

Bibliography
  • Vanvik, Arne (1979), Norsk fonetikk, Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo, ISBN 82-990584-0-6


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