Southwest_Finnish_dialects

Southwest Finnish dialects

Southwest Finnish dialects

Group of dialects of Finnish

Southwest Finnish dialects (Finnish: Lounaismurteet) are Western Finnish dialects spoken in Southwest Finland and Satakunta.[1]

The Turku dialect is famous for its seemingly inverted questions. For example, "Ei me mittä kaffelle men?" looks like it means "So we don't go for coffees?" but actually means "Shall we go for coffees?"[2]
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The Southwest Finnish dialects have pitch accents and Swedish influences, as well as features from other dialect groups (especially Tavastian).[3][4][5] However, features and influences from other Finnish dialect groups are largely absent in the Rauma dialect.[6]

The Southwest Finnish dialects can be divided into two subgroups, Northern and Eastern groups, which in turn can be divided into even smaller groups. Heikki Ojansuu [fi] divided the Northern group into three: Rauma, Taivassalo and Masku groups, and the Eastern group into two: Halikko and Coastal groups.

Features

Pronunciation of D

Standard Finnish /d/ is usually pronounced as /r/.

The dialects of Rauma and its surroundings also had /ð/ in its place, nowadays this pronunciation has almost completely been displaced by the r-pronunciation. This sound was generally written as a D, which can be seen in place names such as Ihode (originally pronounced as Ihoðe). [7]

Pronunciation of ts

The standard Finnish consonant cluster ts usually corresponds to tt, e.g. mettä (forest), instead of standard metsä. In Finland Proper, this is usually subject to consonant gradation (plural: metät), while in Satakunta it is not (plural: mettät).

Southern Satakunta and some surroundings also had a /θ/ sound in its place, but like the voiced dental fricative, this sound has almost entirely disappeared. It was affected by consonant gradation in the Rauma area (plural: meθät), while in Kokemäki, Huittinen and Kauvatsa it was not (plural: meθθät).[8]

Diphthongs uo, yö and ie

The standard diphthongs uo, yö and ie are generally pronounced as ua, yä and iä, e.g. nuari tyämiäs (young workman) instead of nuori työmies.

This feature is absent from some of the southernmost dialects of the group, however, they appear in most Tavastian and Southern Ostrobothnian dialects.

Geminated consonants

leippä, Standard Finnish: leipää 'bread' (partitive case)

linttu, Standard Finnish: lintua 'bird' (partitive case)

Inessive ending

maas, Standard Finnish 'maassa'

Imperfect ending

istusi, Standard Finnish: istuin 'I sat'

Shorter words

palk, Standard Finnish: palkka 'wage'.

Half-long vowels

asùn Turùs I live in Turku

Plural genitive

The plural genitive in Southwestern dialects is "-tten", which is similar to Estonian.[9]

Examples

Recording of the Southwest dialect in Hinnerjoki (1882)[10]

Te muistatte viälä noita sepän töitä joita te ole, te olette hiukan seurannut sivusta.

nii, niitt ol tommoϑϑi, siihe mailma aikka viime vuassaδà lopùl, ko mnääki, muistama, rupèsi ni, niitt ol semmoϑϑì vanhoi, maasepìks sanòttiŋ Go, niit ol sit sillal.

muistaŋ Gon tual, Ilòmä èsäki, se o semmost tasàst, tasàst mäkki siik kohta, vaik se vähä̀ korkkia o siin on̬ semmone aika isò, pajà, pajàrakènus vaan tehty vaa sillal hirsist, neljä nurkkaha.

Example of the Turku dialect

Aletaaks tehrä loppuu lamas matelemisel!

Ei täst muute etiäppäin mennä kuin yrittämisel ja ilosel meininkil! Hyvä tapa henkennostatukseen on see, että suasita oman alueen kauppiai ja tuattajii, kekkä tarjoo ireoi ja tuattei juuri Sul!

[11]

Example of the Rauma dialect

Nortamo jaaritukse ovas suamlaise murrekirjallisude alk ja toistaseks sem baras saavutus. Sanota, ett hän sai kaunist soima semse instrumentin, go ei ollu viäl viritettykkä. Nortamo menestyksen grunttin ei kumminga ollu ainvastas murre, sill ett hän ol kans eriomane humorist.[12]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Lounaismurteiden piirteitä". sokl.uef.fi.
  2. [2]
    Salokangas, R.K.R.; Svirskis, T.; Heinimaa, M.; Huttunen, J.; Ristkari, T.; Ilonen, T.; Hietala, J. (October 2006). "0054 Personality Features and Vulnerability to Psychosis. Results of the Deep Project". Schizophrenia Research. 86: S83. doi:10.1016/s0920-9964(06)70249-3. ISSN 0920-9964. S2CID 54243541.
  3. [3]
    "Eurajoen murrepiirteitä". Kotimaisten kielten keskus (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  4. [4]
    "Unohtunut Turun murre kansien väliin". aamuset.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  5. [5]
    "Lounaismurteiden piirteitä". sokl.uef.fi.
  6. [6]
    Kalevi, Wiik (2004). Suomen Murteet Kvanttinen tutkimus. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden seura. pp. 60–75.
  7. [7]
    "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Lounaismurteiden piirteitä". sokl.uef.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  9. [9]
    Paunonen, Heikki (January 1, 1974). "Lounaismurteiden ja viron monikon genetiivi ja partitiivi". Virittäjä. 78 (1): 1 – via journal.fi.
  10. [10]
    "Hinnerjoen näyte". Kotimaisten kielten keskus.
  11. [11]
    "07 – Uutissi Turust – Turust.fi".
  12. [12]
    "Hj. Nortamo". Nortamo-seor.fi. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

Uutissi Turust (news in the dialect spoken around Turku)

Nortamo seor

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