Southwest Finnish dialects ( fi, Lounaismurteet) are Western

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dialects spoken in

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The Southwest Finnish dialects have pitch accents and

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influences, as well as features from other dialect groups (especially Tavastian). However, features and influences from other Finnish dialect groups are largely absent in the

Rauma dialect Rauma dialect (''"rauman giäl", "language of Rauma"'') is a Southwestern dialect of Finnish spoken in the town of Rauma, Finland Rauma (; sv, Raumo) is a town and municipality of around () inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of T ...

The Southwest Finnish dialects can be divided into two subgroups, Northern and Eastern groups, which in turn can be divided into even smaller groups. divided the Northern group into three: Rauma,

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and

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groups, and the Eastern group into two:

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and Coastal groups.

Features

Pronunciation of D

Standard Finnish /d/ is usually pronounced as /r/. The dialects of Rauma and its surroundings also had /ð/ in its place, nowadays this pronunciation has almost completely been displaced by the ''r''-pronunciation. This sound was generally written as a D, which can be seen in place names such as Ihode (originally pronounced as ''Ihoðe'').

Pronunciation of ''ts''

The standard Finnish consonant cluster ''ts'' usually corresponds to ''tt'', e.g. (forest), instead of standard . In Finland Proper, this is usually subject to

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(plural: ), while in Satakunta it is not (plural: ). Southern Satakunta and some surroundings also had a /θ/ sound in its place, but like the voiced dental fricative, this sound has almost entirely disappeared. It was affected by consonant gradation in the Rauma area (plural: ), while in

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and

Kauvatsa Kauvatsa is a former municipality in the Satakunta province, Finland. It was annexed with the municipality of Kokemäki Kokemäki (; sv, Kumo) is a town and municipality in the Satakunta Region of Finland. The town has a population of () a ...

it was not (plural: ).

Diphthongs uo, yö and

The standard diphthongs ''uo, yö'' and ''ie'' are generally pronounced as ''ua, yä'' and ''iä'', e.g. (young workman) instead of . This feature is absent from some of the southernmost dialects of the group, however, they appear in most Tavastian and Southern Ostrobothnian dialects.

Geminated consonants

, Standard Finnish: 'bread' (partitive case) , Standard Finnish: 'bird' (partitive case)

Inessive ending

, Standard Finnish ''

Imperfect ending

, Standard Finnish: 'I sat'

Shorter words

, Standard Finnish: 'wage'.

Half-long vowels

''I live in Turku''

Plural genitive

The plural genitive in Southwestern dialects is "-tten", which is similar to Estonian.

Examples

Recording of the Southwest dialect in

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(1882) Example of the Turku dialect Example of the Rauma dialect

References

External links

Uutissi Turust (news in the dialect spoken around Turku)Southwestern dialects Incubator plus
Finnish dialects {{Finnish dialects