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!