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NORWEGIAN SOUNDS.
NORWEGIAN SOUNDS.
81. Table of the Norwegian vowels classified according to their place of articulation.
| Back. | Mixed | Front. | |||||
| Not rounded. |
Rounded. | Not rounded. |
Rounded. | Not rounded. |
Rounded. | ||
| High, | Narrow | o | u | i | y | ||
| Wide | |||||||
| Mid. | Narrow | å· | e | ø | |||
| Wide | å | ä | ö | ||||
| Low. | Narrow | æ | œ | ||||
| Wide | a | ||||||
For the explanation of the technical terms: Back, Mixed, Front, High, Mid, Low, see § 10.
Note. a is a little advanced, but not so much so as in Danish. Vulgarly and dialectically the long a may be pronounced further back and with a slight rounding, approaching the English aw in law.
o is midway between high and mid and å midway between mid and low, but both are pronounced with the rounding corresponding to the higher stage.
ACOUSTIC VALUE OF THE NORWEGIAN VOWELS.
82. a has the sound of English a in father, short or long. Ex. short: Hat hat, Man(d) man; long: Dag day, Sol hall.
