Re: Scandinavian /w/

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:

>
> > >
> >
> > Djursland indeed does have w- in Anlaut everywhere, which I

forgot

> > to mention. Further Bornholm has sw-, kw-; further a line
> east/west
> > divides Scania (most of Brøndum-Nielsen's maps cover the old
> Danish
> > lands, South Slesvig, Scanian, Helland and Blekinge), and north
> of
> > it intial clusters, eg. (by memory) dw-, tw- have w-. I'll look

it

> > up.
> >
> >
> Brøndum-Nielsen: Dialekter og Dialektforskning
>
> Bornholmsk
> ...
> /w/ > /v/ i forlyd undtagen i forbindelserne sw
> (kw): 'swå:rter' "sort", 'swæ:ra' "sværge"
> ('kwiñ:a' "Kvinde", "Hustru").
> ...
>
> Sjællandsk
> ...
> /w/ > /v/ foran Vokal (i ren forlyd og efter Konsonant, nogle

steder

> dog med (Spor af) bevaret w.
> ...
>
> Fynsk
> ...
> /w/ > /v/ foran Vokal (i ren Forlyd og efter Konsonant) (Kort 17),
> dog med spor af bevaret /w/ i enkelte Tilfælde.
> ...
>
> Jydsk
> ...
> /w/ er bevaret som /w/ (i alle stillinger foran Vokal) i n[ordlige]

N

> [ordjylland], Dj[ursland, actually the eastermost part] og
> Kattegatsøerne: 'wañ?' "Vand", 'hwa' "hvad", 'hwi:l' "hvile",
> 'swij?n' "Svin", 'wæj?&r' "vejr"; optræder i Midtjylland som
> /w/ efter Konsonant samt (i ren Forlyd) foran Bagtungevokal, men
> som /v/ (i ren Forlyd) foran Fortungevokal: 'wañ?', 'hwa', 'hwi:l',
> 'swi?n', men 'vej?e' "vejr", 'vi:s' "vise"; > /v/ i alle

stillinger

> Syd for linjen Kolding-Tønder: 'vañ', 'va', 'svie&n', 'vi:s'
> osv.
>
> Anm. I Forlyd foran /r/ findes /w/ i Vend. og på
> Samsø: 'wRij:' "vride", men /v/ i den største Del af
> Området: 'vRi:', 'vri:', /b/ i Him[merland] og Thy: 'bRi:'
> /h/ i forbindelserne hj, hw udtales nord ford linjen Kolding -
> Varde, men er stumt Syd for denne Linje.
> "
>
> 'Kattegatsøerne' according to map 17 seems to include further
> Samsø, Tunø and Endelave.
> According to that same map, the line between dw-, tw-, kw-, sw-,
> (h)w- on the north side, and dv-, tv-, kv-, sv- enters in the
> Laholmbukt just south of Halmstad and goes from there to Höör or
> Hörby (the map has no details) from where it turns east and
> reaches the coast appr. at Brösarp. South of that, there's an
> isolated Cv- enclave in the area delimited by Simrishamn,

Tomelilla

> and Ystad.
>
>
> Torsten

Thank you. It is interesting that /w/ (in anlaut) appears in areas
peripheral from Copenhaguen.
I myself have found evidence of /w/ in at least one Norwegian
dialect: interestingly the one adjacent to North Halland, and that
dialect is Southern Bohuslän.
Further up in Viken towards Oslo /v/ seems to prevail in all
positions (that's why we have Vikings, not Wikings).
These dialect descriptions are now at least one hundred years old
and the number of users of /w/ is dwindling east of the Sound and
Kattegatt.
That bilabialism is still vigorous on Jutland north of Limfjorden I
heard some months ago when fishermen from Hirtshals were interviewed
in DR1.
And furthermore, I have been told that this bilabialism is also
still firmly rooted on the islands beyond, on the other side of the
North Sea.

Lars