Arendalsk, Arendal dialect or Arendal Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk: , ; the Arendal dialect: ) is a dialect of Norwegian used in Arendal Municipality.
Phonology Intervocalic are realized as voiced . This feature appeared in this dialect in the 20th century. A uvular realization of was established in Arendal before the 20th century. is frequently dropped, so that e.g. Lars becomes Læs. The ending is pronounced (as in Danish), 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 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, and ) 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
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