Brønnøy dialect
Norwegian dialect
The Brønnøy dialect (Norwegian: Brønnøymål or Sørvest-helgelandsk) is a dialect of Norwegian used in Brønnøy Municipality and also spoken in Vevelstad, Vega and northern Bindalen.
Phonology
Tonemes
Unlike most Norwegian dialects, the Brønnøy dialect lacks tonal accents. For example, the noun huse ("the house") and the verb å huse ("to house") are homophonous.
Grammar
Infinitives
In Brønnøy, one finds remnants of the East Norwegian (Austlandet and Trøndelag) system of a kløyvd or "split" infinitive and thus forms such as å veta, å lesa, å jaga, å moka (jamvektsord lit. "equally weighted words") and å hør, å kast, å kjøp (overvektsord lit. "over-weighted words").
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