Gøtudanskt/Dano-Faroese (pronounced , Faroese for " (Norðra)gøta Danish" or alternatively "street Danish") is a name for a variant of

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spoken in the

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. Its intonation and pronunciation are influenced by Faroese.

Etymology

Poulsen (1993) attributes the term to a teacher (1850–1930) from the small village of Gøta on

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who spoke Danish with a pronounced accent, his idiolect forming the basis of many of the common features of Gøtudanskt.

Definition of ''Gøtudanskt''

Gøtudanskt is highly proficient (L2) Danish spoken mainly as the written Danish standard by Faroe Islanders with Faroese interference at all levels of language processing. It is characteristic for the elder generation. The younger generation usually (but not always) uses

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Danish pronunciation. An example of Gøtudanskt is the jingle "" ‘Away from the road! The king is sledding’, where comes from the Faroese verb ‘to sled’. Another is from Poulsen (1993): , where corresponds to Faroese and to Faroese , ‘The big ones (

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) outside the

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can break fishing rods’. The traditional Faroese way of singing hymns (the Kingo song) uses Gøtudanskt. The

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band

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's songs "Ramund Hin Unge" on the album ''

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'' and "Sinklars vísa" on the album ''

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'' are also sung in Gøtudanskt.

References

* Petersen, H. P. (to appear) Væk af vejen, konge skrejen. Gøtudanskt or Dano-Faroese. RASK * Poulsen, J. H. W. 1993. Gøtudanskt. Odense University Press. — Twenty-eight papers presented to Hans Bekker-Nielsen on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, 28 April 1993. North Germanic languages Faroese language Danish language Danish dialects Mixed languages {{Nordic-lang-stub

Etymology

Definition of ''Gøtudanskt''

See also

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