Faroese tightening
The Faroese tightening ( Faroese : skerping , pronunciation : [ ˈʃɛɹ̥pɪŋg ]) is a fixed term in Faroese linguistics and is referred to in English-language literature as the Faroese tightening , thus also assigned the German term.
This phenomenon describes the change of certain vowels or diphthongs in front of the consonant groups -gv [ gv ] and -ggj [ ʤː ] and takes place in principle (few, e.g. dialectal, exceptions).
orthography | pronunciation | instead of |
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-ógv- | [ ɛgv ] | * [ ɔugv ] (on Suðuroy but realized as [ ɔgv ]!) |
-úgv- | [ ɪgv ] | * [ ʉugv ] |
-eyggj- | [ ɛʤː ] | * [ ɛiʤː ] |
-íggj-, -ýggj- | [ ʊʤː ] | * [ ʊiʤː ] |
-eiggj- | [ aʤː ] | * [ aiʤː ] |
-oyggj- | [ ɔʤː ] | * [ ɔiʤː ] ( oyggj is also a lexeme on its own and means "island") |
See also
Words pronounced with Faroese tightening: