Stavangersk, Stavanger dialect or Stavanger Norwegian ( no, Stavangersk, (
Bokmål
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) or (
Nynorsk
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)) is a dialect of
Norwegian
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used in
Stavanger
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.
The pronunciation and origin resembles that of the written Nynorsk, yet the official written language of the Stavanger municipality is Bokmål.
Phonology
Consonants
* are alveolar .
* As in Bergen and Oslo, younger speakers of the Stavanger dialect tend to merge with .
* is realized as a voiced uvular continuant, either a fricative or an approximant . It can be voiceless before a voiceless consonant or a pause. This means that the dialect does not possess retroflex consonants.
Vowels
* The long close central and close back vowels can be realized as closing diphthongs and .
* The short counterpart of is close-mid .
* The short close back vowel is more front than in Oslo, near-back rather than back .
* The mid back vowels are somewhat advanced from the fully back position, i.e. near-back, rather than back. The long is close-mid , whereas the short is open-mid .
* The long open back vowel is phonetically back , but its short counterpart is front , identical to the cardinal . It is the most anterior realization of this vowel in Norway.
* The non-native diphthong has a front starting point .
Tonemes
Phonetic realization
Phonetically, the tonemes of the Stavanger dialect are the same as those of Central Standard Swedish; accent 1 is rising-falling, whereas accent 2 is double falling.
References
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External links
A short presentation of differences between the Oslo dialect and the Stavanger dialect (Youtube)*
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Culture in Rogaland
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