svenja's 3 minute presentation about norwegian dialects
TRANSCRIPT
Norway – The land of 1001 dialectsABOUT NORWEGIAN DIALECTS AND NORWAY‘S TWO WRITTEN LANGUAGES
4 main dialect groups:
Nordnorsk (northern)
Trøndersk (Trøndelag region)
Vestlandsk (western)
Østlandsk (eastern)
Words end differently Consonants and vowels are pronounced
differently ex. p = b; k = g, t = d ex. r = skarre r or rulle r (either rolled/vibrated in the back or rolled in the front)
Different intonation: sóla or solá Completely different versions of the word for «I»
(1st.prs.):
No problem?We do the same!
…think again
Two official written languages?!
Bokmål and Nynorsk (Booklanguage and New Norwegian)
Bokmål:Norway had no written language, used danishafter 1814, interest in own languagemake danish more norwegian
Nynorsk: Ivar Aasen Official language based on dialects Main traits of dialects = base for written
language Grammar and Dictionary
Who uses which?
Constant struggle in politics
10-15% Nynorsk
Obligatory in schools and university to use bothhovedmål and sidemål
Thanks for your attention!