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Arendalsk, Arendal dialect or Arendal Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk: Arendalsk, Arendalsdialekten; the Arendal dialect: Ændalsk) is a dialect of Norwegian used in Arendal.

Phonology

• Intervocalic /p, t, k/ are realized as voiced . This feature appeared in this dialect in the 20th century.
• A uvular [ʀ] realization of /r/ was established in Arendal before the 20th century.
• /ʀ/ is frequently dropped, so that e.g. Lars becomes Læs.
• The ending ⟨–er⟩ is pronounced , so that the word for 'basement' is kjeller in Bokmål, but kjellå in the Arendal dialect.

According to the linguist Gjert Kristoffersen, a recent change is that the postvocalic /ʀ/ is vocalized to , rather than dropped. The phonetic diphthongs and may be monophthongized and lowered to, respectively, and , so that the words for 'to do gymnastics' and 'thorn' (which phonemically are, respectively, /ˇtʉʀne/ and /ˇtuʀne/) vary in their phonetic realization between, respectively, ~ and ~ . This process may be extended to mid vowels.

Tonemes

Phonetic realization

Tonemes of the Arendal dialect are the same as those of the Oslo dialect; accent 1 is low-rising, whereas accent 2 is falling-rising.

Notable speakers

• Gjert Kristoffersen
• Rockebandet Ændal, a heavy metal band that sings in the Arendal dialect

References

1. ^ ""E kåmmår hen te du i sta" — Eydehavnportalen". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
2. ^ "Litt om arendalsdialekten - Arendal kommune". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
3. ^ Kristoffersen (2000), p. 36.
4. Kristoffersen (2000), pp. 236–237.

Bibliography

• Kristoffersen, Gjert (2000), The Phonology of Norwegian, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-823765-5

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