Faroese tightening

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South of the turquoise isogloss of Suðuroyarfjørður , the aggravation occurs only to a limited extent

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
-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: