Meldal dialect or Meldal Norwegian is a dialect of
Norwegian used in
Meldal. It is a variety of
Trøndersk.
Phonology
Vowels
* is realized in a very original manner. It is a syllabic, palatalized frictionless
dental approximant . This is realization is also found in some dialects of
Swedish.
* Old Norse diphthongs and are realized as long monophthongs and . This is the case in a large part of
Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the N ...
in general.
References
Bibliography
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External links
www.meldal.no - Dialekt
Norwegian dialects
Meldal
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