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Sognamål (literally "Sogn language", in Sognamål; ) is a Western Norwegian dialect which is spoken in the area of
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* are central .
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Sogn
Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway ''(Vestlandet)''. It is located in the county of Vestland, surrounding the Sognefjord, the largest/longest fjord in Norway. The district of Sogn consists of the municipalities of Aurland, Bales ...
. One of the most prominent features of Sognamål is the pronunciation instead of in many words, i.e. exactly how the letter "á" is pronounced in modern Icelandic. The folk/black metal
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band Windir
Windir ("Warrior" in English) was a black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band was formed in 1994 by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Terje "Valfar" Bakken, and released its debut album ''Sóknardalr'' in 1997. Windir combined black meta ...
from Sogndal
Sogndal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansverk is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other vill ...
used the dialect in their lyrics.
Phonology
Consonants
* arebilabial
In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a labial consonant articulated with both lips.
Frequency
Bilabial consonants are very common across languages. Only around 0.7% of the world's languages lack bilabial consonants altogether, including Tli ...
, whereas are labiodental
In phonetics, labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.
Labiodental consonants in the IPA
The labiodental consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
The IPA chart shades out ''labio ...
.
* are plosives, whereas are affricates.
* Phonetically, can be trilled or tapped .
Vowels
* is close-mid front . Its short counterpart is the open-mid front .
* are close-mid .
* The long is open-mid front , whereas the short varies between open-mid front and near-close front .
* are open-mid .
* are central .
* are phonetically .
* are phonetically .
* are phonetically .
* are phonetically .
* are phonetically .
* are phonetically .
* are phonetically .
* are phonetically .
References
Bibliography
* Norwegian dialects Culture in Sogn og Fjordane {{nordic-lang-stub