Meldal dialect

{{Short description|Norwegian dialect of Meldal, Norway}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Meldal Norwegian

|region=Meldal Municipality

|speakers=?

|familycolor=Indo-European

|fam2=Germanic

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|fam4=North Germanic

|fam5=West Scandinavian

|fam6=Norwegian

|fam7=Trøndersk

|isoexception=dialect

|glotto=none

}}

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=

  • {{IPA|/iː/}} is a syllabic, palatalized dental approximant {{IPA|[ð̩ʲ˕ː]}}. This is realization is also found in some dialects of Swedish.{{Cite book |last=Vanvik |first=Arne |title=Norsk fonetikk |publisher=Universitetet i Oslo |year=1979 |isbn=82-990584-0-6 |location=Oslo |page=14}}{{Store norske leksikon|dialekter_i_Sør-Trøndelag|dialekter i Sør-Trøndelag|2025-01-27|Venås|Kjell|2024-11-25}}
  • Old Norse diphthongs {{angbr|ei}} and {{angbr|øy}} are realized as long monophthongs {{IPAblink|eː}} and {{IPAblink|øː}}. This is the case in a large part of Sør-Trøndelag in general.

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