Alska/Dialects: Difference between revisions

Line 15: Line 15:


====Phonology====  
====Phonology====  
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
!'''Letters'''
!'''Letters'''
Line 22: Line 21:
|-
|-
|a
|a
|[ɑ:]/[ɑ]
|[a:]/[ɑ]
| can make two different sounds, but has no short version
| can make two different sounds, but has no short version
|-
|-
Line 140: Line 139:


Certain letters, such as <i>å</i> and <i>y</i> do not correspond to their Standard counterparts.  Compare the SA versions of <i>å</i> and <i>y</i> ([ɔ] and [y:]) to NA's [au] and [i:].
Certain letters, such as <i>å</i> and <i>y</i> do not correspond to their Standard counterparts.  Compare the SA versions of <i>å</i> and <i>y</i> ([ɔ] and [y:]) to NA's [au] and [i:].
The letter <i>s</i> is also pronounced [ʃ] in many cases, and the digraph <i>sj</i> is pronounced [sj]
Another overarching rule for NA pronunciation is that most consonants switch with their voiced or unvoiced versions when they are used in a word, but are pronounced normally when they start a word. 
*[k] - [d]
*[g] - [k]
*[d] - [b]
And so forth. 
====Pronunciation Differences/Spelling Differences====
Many words are spelled the same in both dialects, but can be pronounced very differently from each other:
*<i>Alsland</i> - [alʃ'lɑ:nt] (NA) / [als'la:nd] (SA) - Alsland
*<i>Flyge</i> - [fli:'kɛ] (NA) / [fly:'gɛ] (SA) - Girl
*<i>Vadr</i> - [fa:'tɛr] (NA) / [fa:'r] (SA) - Father
There are certain common words that are spelled differently but are pronounced the same:
*<i>Hæy</i> [hei] (SA) - <i>Hej</i> [hei] (NA) - Hello


====Grammar====
====Grammar====
924

edits