page_title: Sognamål dialect
section_title: Vowels
hierarchical_section_title: Sognamål dialect / Phonology / Vowels
context_page_description: Sognamål is a Western Norwegian dialect which is spoken in the area of Sogn. One of the most prominent features of Sognamål is the pronunciation instead of in many words, i.e. exactly how the letter "á" is pronounced in modern Icelandic. The folk/black metal band Windir from Sogndal used the Sognamål dialect in their lyrics.
context_section_description: /eː/ is close-mid front [eː]. Its short counterpart is the open-mid front [ɛ].
  /ʊ, ʊː/ are close-mid [o, oː].
  The long /øː/ is open-mid front [œː], whereas the short /ø/ varies between open-mid front [œ] and near-close front [ʉ̞˖].
  /ɔ, ɔː/ are open-mid [ɔ, ɔː].
  /a, aː/ are central [ä, äː].
  /iʉ, iʉː/ are phonetically [iʉ̟, iʉ̟ː].
  /ei, eiː/ are phonetically [ei, eiː].
  /eʉ, eʉː/ are phonetically [eʉ̟, eʉ̟ː].
  /øy, øyː/ are phonetically [œy, œyː].
  /ɔi, ɔiː/ are phonetically [ɔ̟i, ɔ̟iː].
  /oʊ, oʊː/ are phonetically [ɔo, ɔoː].
  /ai, aiː/ are phonetically [äi, äiː].
  /aʊ, aʊː/ are phonetically [äo̟, äo̟ː].
caption: Part 1 of Sognamål diphthongs, from Haugen (2004:31)