Scandinavian phonology
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Scandinavian phonology is the sound system characteristic of the Scandinavian languages, encompassing their distinctive vowels, consonants, stress patterns, and prosodic features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scandinavian phonology canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aspect of Scandinavian linguistics
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linguistic subfield ⓘ phonological system ⓘ |
| analyzedUsing |
autosegmental phonology
NERFINISHED
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metrical phonology ⓘ phonemic analysis ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Danish language
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Faroese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Icelandic language NERFINISHED ⓘ North Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwegian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedish language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
consonant system
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prosodic features ⓘ stress patterns ⓘ vowel system ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
consonant lenition in some varieties
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contrast between long and short consonants ⓘ palatalization in some varieties ⓘ phonemic vowel length ⓘ pitch accent in many varieties ⓘ quantity distinction in consonants ⓘ quantity distinction in vowels ⓘ rich vowel inventories ⓘ stød in Danish ⓘ syllable-timed and stress-timed tendencies depending on language ⓘ tonal word accents in Norwegian ⓘ tonal word accents in Swedish ⓘ voicing contrasts in obstruents ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicRelation | Scandinavian orthographies ⓘ |
| hasResearchTopic |
tonal accent systems
ⓘ
vowel reduction patterns ⓘ |
| includesContrast |
diphthongs in several languages
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front rounded vowels in many varieties ⓘ retroflex consonants in many East Scandinavian dialects ⓘ |
| includesProcess |
assimilation
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lenition of stops in Danish ⓘ sandhi phenomena ⓘ syncope in some dialects ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Old Norse phonology
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Proto-Norse phonology ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Germanic phonology
ⓘ
prosodic typology ⓘ |
| relevantFor |
historical reconstruction of North Germanic
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second language acquisition of Scandinavian languages ⓘ speech technology for Scandinavian languages ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Scandinavian linguistics ⓘ |
| variesBy |
dialect
ⓘ
standard language ⓘ |
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