Vestlandsk

{{Short description|Norwegian dialects of western Norway}}

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{{Infobox language

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|region=western Norway

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|familycolor=Indo-European

|fam2=Germanic

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|fam4=North Germanic

|fam5=West Scandinavian

|fam6=Norwegian

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Vestlandsk or Vestlandske dialekter (West Norwegian) is a collective term for the dialects that are spoken on the coast of western Norway in the area ranging from Romsdal in the north to Agder in the south. These dialects can furthermore be split into north-western dialects

(Nordvestlandske dialekter), south-western dialects (Sørvestlandske dialekter) and southern dialects (Sørlandske dialekter).{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/dialekter_i_Norge|title=dialekter i Norge|publisher = Store norske leksikon|author= Martin Skjekkeland|access-date= February 1, 2017 }}

• Nordvestlandske dialekter (North-Western dialects) have e-infinitive, and extends from the middle of Sogn og Fjordane to Romsdal. Of these, one can mention:
• Jølstramål – centering on Jølster{{cn|date=November 2020}}
• Sunnmørsdialekt – collective term for dialects in Sunnmøre
• Romsdalsdialekt – dialect of Romsdal
• Sørvestlandske dialekter (South-western dialects) have a-infinitive, and extends from the inner Sogn og Fjordane, through Hordaland and Rogaland and western part of Agder. Of these, one can mention:
• Bergensk, Haugesundsk, Stavangersk – these are city dialects (bymål). They have strong simplification,{{fix|text=of what?|date=May 2017}} which is characteristic for all urban dialects (bydialekter), but originate from the dialects of the area with which they have much in common.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/dialekter_i_Bergen|title=dialekter i Bergen|publisher = Store norske leksikon|author= Martin Skjekkeland|access-date= February 1, 2017 }}{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/dialekter_i_Rogaland|title=dialekter i Rogaland|publisher = Store norske leksikon|author= Kjell Venås|access-date= February 1, 2017 }}
• Jærsk – dialect in Jæren
• Strilamål – dialect of Strilelandet, an area around Bergen
• Sunnhordlandsdialekt – dialect of Sunnhordland
• Sørlandske dialekter (Southern dialects) have {{IPA|/p, t, k/}}-voicing, guttural R and a-endings, and is spoken in the eastern part of Agder and part of Telemark.{{cite news |title=walking tour bergen |url=http://www.freetouroslo.com/free-walking-tour-bergen |access-date=23 February 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/dialektar_p%C3%A5_Agder |title=dialektar på Agder

|publisher = Store norske leksikon|author= Martin Skjekkeland|access-date= February 1, 2017 }}