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The Focus of this Lesson is Regional Variations of Norwegian Pronunciation Found in

West/South Norway and Northern Norway.

Preface

The most confusing thing for foreigners learning Norwegian, aside from the two different written

languages, is Norwegian dialects. Norwegian as a spoken language consists of a vast amount of

dialects with sometimes large variation, spread over the country. Norwegian can be split into five

common dialects or what we shall look at today for the sake of simplicity; two general regions, West

and South Norway and North Norway. There is a third region too being the dialect you have been

studying all along.

Western and Southern Norway

Although usually considered two or three different major dialects. West and South Norwegian dialects

have some large common factors. The most noticeable being the usage of a "French" or "German"

-sounding [r]. It's called a "guttural -r." The western coastal areas was influenced in language by the

historical trade with the German and French, and so naturally acquired the special "-r." Now you can

probably hear the "guttural -r" being used by someone, anywhere in Norway.

Apart from the [r]. The western and southern dialects have an often different vocabulary than what

you might have learned so far. A common word is [jeg] ("I"), which has changed to [eg, æ] in the

West and [i] in the South. Almost all pronouns, interrogatives, and possessive pronouns change

slightly depending on dialects.

Northern Norway

The dialects that exist in Northern Norway share a very thick pronunciation of words, which at times

can be unintelligible to natives even. The [r] sound is the same as you have learned for the common

Eastern dialects, a "rolling -r." However the [L] sound can acquire a very thick sound which obscures

some words almost entirely, this is the same for some Eastern dialects, however the Northern dialects

tend to have a more distinct thick sound.

The pronoun [jeg] ("I") sounds like [æ], [æg] or [jæ]. The dialects use flat and wide sounds as you can

see with [jæ] the use of the [æ] sound is common. Words like [kæm] ("who"), [dæm] ("they"), [dæ]

("you"), and [korhæn] ("where") are all words with a flat, wide [æ] sound. Foreigners who hear these

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dialects for the first time might a first believe that the person speaks another language. It is not

necessary for you to learn to speak these dialects however as Eastern Norwegian is perfectly

understood by all Norwegians. Learning to understand these dialects can sometimes be an advantage

though.

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