tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558997775425137061.post5603835031216240204..comments2011-10-12T20:52:37.631-07:00Comments on The Jamtlandic Project: Broad vowelsJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04345134069922856271noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558997775425137061.post-40338392779043993742008-10-05T12:18:00.000-07:002008-10-05T12:18:00.000-07:00I have not seen Norwegian influence suggested as a...I have not seen Norwegian influence suggested as a cause. Usually it's seen as a natural evolution of the vowel system.Haukurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669738332175762658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558997775425137061.post-19372236087033328322008-10-04T14:04:00.000-07:002008-10-04T14:04:00.000-07:00Thanks for the clarification. I only knew about th...Thanks for the clarification. I only knew about the northern one. maybe it survived the longest? The "broad" dialect in the east, was it influence by (Northern?) Norwegian by any chance?JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345134069922856271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558997775425137061.post-82235399438789163582008-08-07T15:46:00.000-07:002008-08-07T15:46:00.000-07:00The Icelandic dialectical characteristic you're de...The Icelandic dialectical characteristic you're describing was actually not confined to the north. It had at least three epicenters; one in the north, one in the east and one in the south-west and I don't think the one in the north was the oldest one. This variation is now almost completely extinct.Haukurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669738332175762658noreply@blogger.com