Norwegian NorwegianSymbol Word Transcription p hopp hOp b labb lAb t lat lA:t d ladd lAd k takk tAk g tagg tAgThere are six fricatives:
f fin fi:n v vin vi:n s lass lAs S skyt Sy:t C kino Ci:nu (not syllable-final) j gi ji: h ha hA:There are five sonorant consonants (nasals, liquids, trills)
m lam lAm n vann vAn N sang sAN l fall fAl r prøv pr2:vVowels
i: vin vi:n
e: sen se:n
{: vær v{:r
A: hat hA:t
y: lyn ly:n
2: søt s2:t
O: våt vO:t
u: bok bu:k
}: lun l}:n
and nine short vowels:
i vind vin
e send sen
{ vært v{rt
A hatt hAt
y lynne lyne
2 søtt s2t
O vått vOt
u bukk buk
} lund l}n
There are seven diphthongs:
{i vei v{i
2y høy h2y
A} sau sA}
Ai kai kAi
Oy konvoy kunvOy
}i hui h}i
ui hoi hui
In addition there are important allophonic variants for which the transcription has been agreed:
rt hardt hArt (retroflex t)
rd verdi v{rdi: (retroflex d)
rl ærlig {:rli (retroflex l)
rn garn gA:rn (retroflex n)
rL blå brLO: (retroflex flap)
In cases where the dental consonants do not change into retroflexes, they are transcribed using the separator sign (ASCII 45), e.g.
r-d verdig v{r-di
Norwegian has two contrasting tonemes, but only in stressed syllables. Tone 1 is indicated by the ordinary stress mark, Tone 2 by a doubled stress mark, e.g.
stress and toneme 1 bønder "b2n@r (peasants) stress and toneme 2 bønner ""b2n@r (beans)
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Maintained by J.C. Wells. Created 1995 09 20. Last modified 1999 09 10 (correction to one transcribed word)