Takk, Sjúrðr.

Have you seen this, wriiten by Arne Torp, and found at ...
... http://vestnorden.no/vestnord.doc ... ?

... Eg trur derfor det svarar godt til den vanlege oppfatninga også hos færøyingane sjølve at islendingane er dei nærmaste grannane deira språkleg, og det er også frå islandsk dei først og fremst hentar inspirasjon når dei skal dyrke sitt eige mål. ...

... Grunnen til at desse øymåla er så konservative, har utan tvil samanheng med geografisk og dermed sosiolingvistisk isolasjon. Vi ser nemleg også i Skandinavia at t.d. isolerte innlandsbygder (som øvre Setesdal i vårt land og øvre Dalarna i Sverige) har halde mykje betre på gamle særdrag enn talemålet i om-råde med meir språkkontakt, t.d. i større byar.
...

Með vennligste hilsener / vänligsta hälsningar ,
Paul Hansen




In a message dated 5/30/2004 10:19:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sjuler@... writes:

>
>
> I messed up in my last post of the Jamtlandic alphabet
> (some "special" characters were not approved by the system and I made
> some mistakes concerning my presentation). Here's a better list
> (hopefully):
>
>
> A
> [A:] before short consonant; LAG [´lA:G] (n. 'team, pack'),
> [a] before long consonant; LANN [´lann] (n. 'land, country'),
> [o] before NG or NK; RANG [´roNN] (adj. 'wrong').
>
>
> Â
> [{:]; FÂRA [f{:`ra] (v. 'go, travel'), D­­Ð [´d{:] (pron. 'it').
>
> Á
> [o::] before short consonant; LJÁ [´jo::] (n. 'scythe'),
> [o] before long consonant; HÁTTUG [hott`u] (adj. 'pleasant').
>
> À
> [] in the end of a word; KASTÀ [ka`ast] (v. 'throw'),
> [E] elsewhere; KASTÀÐ [kast`E] (adj. 'thrown').
>
> Å
> [O:]; LÅÐÅ [lO:`DO] (n. 'barn').
>
> B
> [b] when short; BØÐIN [b2:`Dn] (adj. 'invited'),
> [bb] when long; SABBUG [sabb`u] (adj. 'slushy')
>
> D
> [d] when short; DETTÀ [dE`Ett] (v. 'fall'),
> [dd] when long; SKODDÀ [sko`odd] (n. 'fog').
>
> Ð
> [D] between vowels; SIÐER [sI:`DEr] (comp. adj. 'later'),
> [V] after AU; SAUÐ [´sOU:V] (n. 'sheep'),
> [] elsewhere; LIÐ [´lI:] (n. 'joint'), FJEÐR [´fje:r] (n. 'feathe=
> r').
>
> E
> [e:] before short consonant; BER [´be:r] (n. 'berry'),
> [E] before long consonant; FENN [´fEnn] (n. 'snowdrift').
>
> Ê
> [{:]; SKJÊRA [S{:`ra] (v. 'cut'), MÊÐ [´m{:] (prep. 'with, by').
>
> É
> [I::] before short consonant; KNÉ [´knI::] (n. 'knee'),
> [i] before long consonant; FRÉTTÀ [fri`itt] (v. 'interview'),
> [jI::] in the beginning of a word; ÉL [´jI::L] (n. 'snow shower'),
> [E] after T and K; TÉTT [´tSEtt] (adj. 'dense').
>
> F
> [f] when short; FEGIN [fEjj`In] (adj. 'happy'),
> [ff] when long; MÓFFAR [mUff`a] (n. 'grandfather [mother's kin]').
>
> G
> [G] when short; VÊG [´v{:G] (n. 'road'),
> [gg] when long; VEGG [´vEgg] (n. 'wall'),
> [g] in the beginning of a word; GLÍSÀ [gLi:`i:s] (v. 'grin, sneer'),
> [j] when short and before front or mid vowel; GÊRA [j{:`ra] (v. 'do,
> make'),
> [ddZ] when long and before front vowel; STEGGÌ [stE`EddZ] (n. 'sea-
> bird').
>
> H
> [ ] before J and V; HJÂMA [j{:`ma] (v. 'freeze to ice [a surface]'),
> [h] elsewhere; HEVI [he:`VI] (v. 'put').
>
> I
> [I:] before short consonant; SKRIVIN [skrI:`VIn] (adj. 'written'),
> [i] before long consonant; SKRINN [´skrinn] (adj. 'thin').
>
> Î
> [{:]; VÎTA [v{:`ta] (v. 'know'), MÎÐ [´m{:] (pron. 'we').
>
> Í
> [i::] before short consonant; KRÍM [´kri::m] (n. 'cold'),
> [i] before long consonant; FÍNT [´fint] (adv. 'elegantly').
>
> Ì
> [ ]; ALLRÌ [all`Er] (adv. 'never').
>
> J
> [j]; JÓRÐ [´jU::L] (n. 'earth, dirt'),
>
> K
> [k] when short; KROPPÀ [kro`opp] (v. 'scratch, pick'),
> [kk] when long; TJUKK [´tSukk] (adj. 'thick, fat'),
> [c] when short and before mid vowels; SKØTIN [sk2:`tn] (adj. 'shot'),
> [tS] when short and before front vowel; KYTTÀ [tSy`ytt] (v. 'jump'),
> [ttS] when long and before front vowel; BAKKÌ [ba`attS]
> (n. 'hillside').
>
> L
> [L] when short; FLUKKAR [fLukk`ar] (n. 'picker [of something]'),
> [ll] when long; KVELL [´kvEll] (n. 'evening'),
> [l^o] when long and before T; SALLT [´sal^0t] (n. 'salt'),
> [l] in the beginning of a word and after mid or front vowel; LEIÐ
> [´lEI:] (adj. 'bored').
>
> M
> [m] when short; MÝLÀ [my:`y:L] (v. 'squeeze, cuddle'),
> [mm] when long; SKJEMM [´SEmm] (adj. 'blunt').
>
> N
> [n] when short; NIÐ [´nI:] (adv. 'down'),
> [nn] when long; STRANN [´strann] (n. 'beach').
>
> O
> [O:] before short consonant; SPOR [´spO:r] (n. 'trace, print'),
> [o] before long consonant; STOLKJÀ [sto`oSS] (n. 'girl').
>
> Ô
> [A:]; SÔVA [sA:`Va] (v. 'sleep'), SÔN [´sA:n] (n. 'son').
>
> Ó
> [U::] before short consonant; DÓTIR [dU::`tIr] (n. 'daughter'),
> [U] before long consonant; BÓNNÌ [bU`Unn] (n. 'farmer').
>
> P
> [p] when short; PIKKLUG [pikk`Lu] (adj. 'weak, poor'),
> [pp] when long; SKRUPPUG [skrupp`u] (adj. 'wrinkled').
>
> R
> [r] when short; RAUÐ [´rOU:V] (adj. 'red')
> [rr] when long; SPJARRÀ UPP [spj{rr`Upp] (v. 'open')
> [r] when long and after Y; DYRR [´d2:r] (n. 'door').
>
> Ř
> [S]; SNÂŘP [´sn{Sp] (adj. 'fast, quick').
>
> S
> [s] when short; SISÁN [sI`so:n] (adv. 'in this way'),
> [ss] when long; KLUSS [´kLuss] (n. 'slap').
>
> T
> [t] when short; TÝNÀ [ty:`y:n] (v. 'destroy'),
> [tt] when long; STUTT [´stutt] (adj.'short'),
> [tS] before É; TÉTT [´tSEtt] (adj. 'dense').
>
> U
> [u:] before short consonant; GUÐ [´gu:] (n. 'God'),
> [u] before long consonant; TUSSUG [tuss`u] (adj. 'soon to be sick')
>
> Ú
> [Y::] before short consonant; NÚNAN [nY::´nan] (adv. 'now'),
> [Y] before long consonant; FÚLT [´fYt't'] (adv. 'angrily').
>
> V
> [v] in the beginning of a word; VEÐR [´ve:r] (n. 'weather'),
> [V] elsewhere; LÎVA [l{:`Va] (v. 'live').
>
> Y
> [2:] before short consonant; YVIR [2:´VI] (adv. 'over'),
> [y] before long consonant; LYNG [´lyNN] (n. 'sprigs'),
> [2:] before RR; FYRR [´f2:r] (adv. 'before, earlier').
>
> Ý
> [y::] before short consonant; LÝSÌ [ly:`y:s] (n. 'lamp'),
> [y] before long consonant; FLÝDD [´fLydd] (adj. 'fled').
>
> Æ
> [E::] before short consonant; STRÆK [´strE::k] (n. 'boy'),
> [E] before long consonant; LÆGD [´lEgd] (n. 'flat depressed area').
>
> Ø
> [2:] before short consonant; TØK [´t2:k] (adj. 'easy to learn'),
> [9] before long consonant; ØKS [´9ks] (n. 'axe').
>
> Ö
> [2::] before short consonant; BJÖR [´bj2::r] (n. 'beaver'),
> [9] before long consonant; BÖNNR [b9nn´Er] (n. plur. 'farmers').
>
> EI
> [EI:] before short consonant; EIL [´EI:l] (n. 'fire'),
> [E] before long consonant; GREITT [´grEtt] (adv. 'decently').
>
> AU
> [OU:] before short consonant; BRAUT [´brOU:t] (n. 'heap'),
> [o] before long consonant; HAUST [´host] (n. 'autumn, fall').
>
> ØY
> [9y:] before short consonant; TØY [´t9y:] (n. 'thaw'),
> [9] before long consonant; TRØYTT [´tr9tt] (adj. 'tired'),
> [2::] before R or ÐR; RØYÐR [´r2::r] (n. 'char').
>
> ------
>
> Down below, in the same order as they appeared, I give the Old Norse
> cognates of the listed words (for you to see the correspondences):
>
> lag
> land
> (v)rangr
>
> fara, þat
>
> ljár
> *háttugr - comp. ON 'háttr'
>
> kasta
> kastaðr
>
> hlaða
>
> boðinn
> *sabbugr - comp. ON 'safi'
>
> detta
> *skodda - comp. eng. 'shade'
>
> siðari
> sauðr
> liðr, fjöðr
>
> ber
> fönn
>
> skera, með
>
> kné
> frétta
> él
> þéttr
>
> feginn
> *móður-faðir
>
> vegr
> veggr
> glissa
> gera
> steggi
>
> *hjama (hjáma?)
> hefja
>
> skrifinn
> *skrinnr - comp. ON 'skorpinn'
>
> vita, mið = við (-um við > -um mið)
>
> *krím(r) - comp Far. 'krím'
> fínt (late ON)
>
> jörð
>
> kroppa
> þjukkr
> skotinn
> *kytta
> bakki
>
> *flokkari - comp. ON 'flokkr'
> kveld
> salt
> leiðr
>
> *mýla
> skemdr
>
> niðr
> strönd
>
> spor
> stúlka
>
> sofa, sonr
>
> dóttir
> bóndi
>
> pikklugr - comp. ON 'pikka'
> *skruppugr (possibly from Lat. 'scrupulus'?)
>
> rauðr
> sperra upp
> dyrr
>
> snarpr
> sisána, sisona
> *kluss
>
> týna
> stuttr
> þéttr
>
> guð
> þussugr - comp. ON 'þurs, þuss'
>
> núna
> fúlt
>
> veðr
> lifa
>
> yfir
> lyng
> fyrr
>
> lýsi
> flýddr
>
> strákr
> lægð
>
> tökr
> øx
>
> bjór
> bœndr
>
> eldr
> greitt
>
> braut
> haust
>
> þeyr
> þreyttr
> reyðr
>
>
> A quiz: The acute accents in the propsed Jamtlandic spelling are easy
> to understand etymologically where they come from, but where do the
> grave and circumflexed accents ( ` and ^ respectively ) come from?
> [Hint: check the stem lengths in the ON cognates!]
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> /Sjuler
>
>
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