Stavangersk, Stavanger dialect or Stavanger Norwegian (, (BokmÃÂ¥l) or (Nynorsk)) is a dialect of Norwegian used in Stavanger.
The pronunciation and origin resemble that of the written Nynorsk, yet the official written language of the Stavanger municipality is BokmÃÂ¥l.
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.
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