User:Anarhistička Maca/Flámæli
Flámæli (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈflauːmailɪ], lit. transl. flayed voice) (or flámælgi, flámælska transl. flayed voicelish, and hljóðvilla transl. a sound error) was a sound change which was widespread in the first half of the 20th century in Iceland, especially in the West and South.[1] The vowels i and u were lowered so that vinur (transl. friend) was pronounced venör and skyr (a kind of yogurt) as sker, while the vowels e and ö were raised such that spölur (transl. a short distance) sounded like spulur and melur (transl. a gravel patch) like milur.[2]
These sound changes were thought to be very ugly and called hljóðvilla transl. sound errors.[3] It was prominent from 1940 in the speech of people from the Southwest and the Eastfjords, but also in the North and in Húnavatnssýsla.[1] A special campaign was carried out during 1940–1960 in primary schools to eliminate flámæli.[3] RÚV andÞjóðleikhúsið enforced a policy that the so-called phonological error would not be allowed.[4] In 1929 there were 42% children in Reykjavík with flámæli but by 1960 was eradicated among children.
See also
References
- ^ a b Íslenska alfræðiorðabókin (in Icelandic). Örn og Örlygur. 1990. ISBN 9979550007.
- ^ "Hvað þýðir „hljóðkerfisbreyting" og hvernig er henni háttað í íslensku máli?". Vísindavefurinn (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ a b "Landið, þjóðin, tungan og fræðin" [The land, the nation, the tongue and the sciences]. Tímarit.is (in Icelandic). pp. 456–59. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Flámæli bannað í Ríkisútvarpinu - RÚV.is". RÚV. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
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