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.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150512115459/http://www.meldal.no/om-meldal/diverse/dialekt www.meldal.no - Dialekt]
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