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Meldal dialect

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Meldal Norwegian
RegionMeldal
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

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

Phonology

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Vowels

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  • /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 [] and [øː]. This is the case in a large part of Sør-Trøndelag in general.[3]

References

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

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