Central and Northern Ostrobothnian dialects

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Central and Northern Ostrobothnian dialects

Central and Northern Ostrobothnian dialects are western dialects of Finnish spoken in Northern and Central Ostrobothnia,[1] which are greatly influenced by Savonian dialects, the coastal dialects have less Savonian influence while inland they have more influence from Savonian.[2]

Features[]

Written Finnish /d/ is -, /r/, /ʋ/ or /j/.

lehren, lehen Standard Finnish: Lehden 'leaves'

Written Finnish ts is ss, ht or tt

mehtä, messä, mettä Standard Finnish: "metsä" 'forest'

Diphthongs uo, yö and ie

The diphthongs uo, yö and ie are ua, yä and iä in the city of Oulu

Middle vowel

ölijy, Standard Finnish: öljy 'oil'

jalaka, Standard Finnish: jalka 'leg'

Inessive ending

maasa, Standard Finnish 'maassa'

Vowels -eä and -ea

korkia, Standard Finnish: korkea 'long'

Possessives

talonna, Standard Finnish: tolomme, talonne 'our house, your house'.[2]

Pronouns

in the city of Oulu the pronoun "nää" is used instead of the written Finnish second person singular pronoun "sinä" .[3]

See also[]

Savonian dialects

South ostrobothnian dialects

References[]

  1. ^ "Finnish dialects - Institute for the Languages of Finland". Kotimaisten kielten keskus. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ a b "Keski- ja pohjoispohjalaisia murrepiirteitä". sokl.uef.fi. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  3. ^ ""Ihmiset haluavat erottautua kielellä toisistaan" – Murre elää ajassa ja venyy puhujiensa tarpeiden mukaan". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
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