Hallingmål-Valdris Explained

Hallingmål-Valdris
Also Known As:Halling, Hallingdøl, Valdresmål
States:Norway
Region:Hallingdal, Valdres
Speakers:?
Map:Hallingdal og Valdres.png
Mapcaption:Administrative map of Hallingdal and Valdres
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Germanic
Fam3:Northwest Germanic[1]
Fam4:North Germanic
Fam5:West Scandinavian
Fam6:Norwegian
Fam7:Eastern Norwegian
Fam8:Midland Norwegian
Isoexception:dialect
Glotto:none

Hallingmål-Valdris (also known by the individual names Halling, Hallingdøl, or Valdresmål) is a group of Norwegian dialects traditionally spoken in the traditional districts Hallingdal, Buskerud and Valdres, Oppland.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Grammar

+Declension of nouns
GenderSingularPlural
IndefiniteDefiniteDativeIndefiniteDefiniteDative
FeminineStrong
(with i-
declension)
pronounced as /[suːɽ]/ pronounced as /[suːɽɛ]/ pronounced as /[suːɳ]/ pronounced as /[ˈsuːˈɽɛ]/,
pronounced as /[ˈsuːˈɽi]/
pronounced as /[ˈsuːɽˈidn̩]/ pronounced as /[ˈsuːˈɽu]/
Strong
(with a-decl.)
pronounced as /[jaɪ̯t]/ pronounced as /[ˈjaɪ̯ˈtɛ]/ pronounced as /[ˈjaɪ̯ˈtn̩]/ pronounced as /[jaɪ̯ta]/ pronounced as /[ˈjaɪ̯ˈtadn̩]/ pronounced as /[ˈjaɪ̯ˈtu]/
Weak
(with u-decl.)
pronounced as /[ˈjɛnˈtɛ]/ pronounced as /[ˈjɛnˈta]/ pronounced as /[ˈjɛnˈtʉn]/ pronounced as /[ˈjɛnˈtʉ]/ pronounced as /[ˈjɛnˈtʉdn̩]/ pronounced as /[ˈjɛnˈtu]/
MasculineStrong
(with a-decl.)
pronounced as /[gʉːt]/ pronounced as /[gʉːtn̩]/ pronounced as /[gʉːta]/ pronounced as /[ˈgʉːˈta]/ pronounced as /[ˈgʉːˈtadn̩]/ pronounced as /[ˈgʉːˈtu]/
Strong
(with i-decl.)
pronounced as /[griːs]/ pronounced as /[griːsn̩]/ pronounced as /[ˈgriːˈsɛ]/ pronounced as /[ˈgriːˈsɛ]/,
pronounced as /[ˈgriːˈsi]/
pronounced as /[ˈgriːˈsidn̩]/ pronounced as /[griːsu]/
Weak
(with a-decl.)
pronounced as /[ˈbakˈkɛ]/ pronounced as /[ˈbakˈkin]/ pronounced as /[ˈbakˈka]/ pronounced as /[ˈbakˈka]/ pronounced as /[ˈbakˈkadn̩]/ pronounced as /[ˈbakˈku]/
NeutrumStrongpronounced as /[hʉːs]/ pronounced as /[hʉːsɛ]/ pronounced as /[ˈhʉːˈsɛ]/ pronounced as /[hʉːs]/ pronounced as /[hʉːsɛ]/
Weakpronounced as /[aʊ̯ga]/ pronounced as /[aʊ̯ga(ə)]/ pronounced as /[aʊ̯gaɛ]/ pronounced as /[aʊ̯gʉ]/, pronounced as /[aʊ̯gu]/ pronounced as /[aʊ̯gu]/,
pronounced as /[aʊ̯gʉdn̩]/
pronounced as /[aʊ̯gu]/
+Personal pronouns
PersonSubjective
case
Objective
case
Dative
case
Possessive
FeminineMasculineNeuter
Subj./Obj.DativeSubj./Obj.DativeSubj./Obj.Dative
Sg.Pl.Sg.Pl.Sg.Pl.Sg.Pl.Sg.Pl.Sg.Pl.
1st p. sg.pronounced as /[eː]/ pronounced as /[meː]/ pronounced as /[meː]/ pronounced as /[miː]/ pronounced as /[ˈmiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[ˈmiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[miː]/ pronounced as /[mɪn]/ pronounced as /[ˈmiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[ˈmiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[miː]/ pronounced as /[mɪt]/ pronounced as /[ˈmiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[ˈmiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[miː]/
2nd person sg.pronounced as /[dʉː]/ pronounced as /[deː]/ pronounced as /[deː]/ pronounced as /[diː]/ pronounced as /[ˈdiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[ˈdiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[diː]/ pronounced as /[dɪn]/ pronounced as /[ˈdiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[ˈdiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[diː]/ pronounced as /[dɪt]/ pronounced as /[ˈdiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[ˈdiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[diː]/
3rd p. sg. f.pronounced as /[huː]/,
pronounced as /[ˈhuːˈna]/
pronounced as /[huː]/,
pronounced as /[ˈhuːˈna]/
pronounced as /[ˈhɛnˈnɛ]/,
pronounced as /[n]/
pronounced as /[ˈhɛnˈnɛ(r)]/ (pronounced as /[ˈhɛnˈnar]/), pronounced as /[ˈhɛnˈnɛs]/
3rd p. sg. m.pronounced as /[han]/, pronounced as /[n]/ pronounced as /[han]/, pronounced as /[n]/ pronounced as /[huːnu]/, pronounced as /[u]/ pronounced as /[has]/
3rd p. sg. n.pronounced as /[dɛ]/ pronounced as /[dɛ]/ pronounced as /[di]/ pronounced as /[siː]/ pronounced as /[ˈsiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[ˈsiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[siː]/ pronounced as /[sɪn]/ pronounced as /[ˈsiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[ˈsiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[siː]/ pronounced as /[sɪt]/ pronounced as /[ˈsiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[ˈsiːˈnə]/ pronounced as /[siː]/
1st p. pl.pronounced as /[meː]/, pronounced as /[mɞː]/ pronounced as /[ʉs]/, pronounced as /[ɞs]/ pronounced as /[ʉs]/, pronounced as /[ɞs]/ pronounced as /[voːr]/ pronounced as /[voʈ]/ pronounced as /[ˈvoːˈre]/ pronounced as /[ˈvoːˈru]/
2nd p. pl.pronounced as /[deː]/, pronounced as /[dɞː]/ pronounced as /[ˈdikˈka(n)]/,
pronounced as /[ˈdikˈku(n)]/
pronounced as /[ˈdikˈka(n)]/,
pronounced as /[ˈdikˈku(n)]/
pronounced as /[ˈdikˈka(n)]/, pronounced as /[ˈdikˈku(n)]/
3rd p. plpronounced as /[daɪ̯]/ pronounced as /[daɪ̯]/ pronounced as /[daɪ̯]/ pronounced as /[ˈdaɪ̯ˈris]/, pronounced as /[ˈdeːˈris]/, pronounced as /[ˈdeːˈres]/

Citations

Literature

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Older Runic . 2022-05-24 . 2022-11-13 . . Hammarström . Harald . https://web.archive.org/web/20221113105941/https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/olde1239 . 2022-11-13 . live . . Forkel . Robert . Haspelmath . Martin . Bank . Sebastian.
  2. Web site: dialekter i Hallingdal. snl.no. Venås. Kjell. 8 July 2015.