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Pronunciation Guide For Singing in Norwegian

This document provides a simplified pronunciation guide for singing in Norwegian. It includes the IPA symbols and descriptions of pronunciation for each Norwegian vowel and consonant sound. Key points covered are: - The consonants b, d, f, g, h, k, m, n, p, s, t, v are pronounced the same in Norwegian and English. - Vowels a, e, i, j, o, u, æ, ø, å have specified IPA symbols and instructions for English speakers on pronunciation. - Consonants l, r, rn, rs, and ng have instructions describing pronunciation differences from English. - Examples words from a Norwegian song are provided to

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Pronunciation Guide For Singing in Norwegian

This document provides a simplified pronunciation guide for singing in Norwegian. It includes the IPA symbols and descriptions of pronunciation for each Norwegian vowel and consonant sound. Key points covered are: - The consonants b, d, f, g, h, k, m, n, p, s, t, v are pronounced the same in Norwegian and English. - Vowels a, e, i, j, o, u, æ, ø, å have specified IPA symbols and instructions for English speakers on pronunciation. - Consonants l, r, rn, rs, and ng have instructions describing pronunciation differences from English. - Examples words from a Norwegian song are provided to

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Simplified pronunciation guide for singing in Norwegian

by Sarah Nagell

These consonants are the same in Norwegian and English: b, d, f, g, h, k, m, n, p, s, t, v,

Written IPA Pronunciation instructions for English speakers Word(s) in Gjendine Slålien’s pronunciation of Gjendines
letter symbol bådnlåt containing this sound
a α “ah” as in “father” barnet, tilbakers

e e No English equivalent. Similar to the German ne, ler, Jesu, bevare


“e”. Higher tongue position than in the first
vowel sound of the English “may”, and
without the diphthong. Possible to transcribed
it with the following symbol [ẹ] (known as
long e)
ε “e” as in “bed” (known as short or unaccented barnet, legges, sove, bevare, barnet, me,
e)
tilbakers,græder (Gjendine sings [ε] on both
“æ” and “e” in this word),
∂ “uh” as in “lettuce” (known as schwa) legges, vuggen, danse
i i “i” as in “ski” i, mi
I “i” as in “hit” sitt
j j “y” as in “yes” Jesu
l l “l” as in “light” (a little more dental and legges
flipped)
ng ŋ “ng” as in “hung” fang
o u No precise English equivalent, Similar to “oo” mor, ho, tok
as in “do” Ellingboe interprets it as a darker
[u]. Haugen interprets it as a [ω:]
r (flap) ɾ “r” as in the Italian flipped “r”. Similar to the græder, bevare, mor, fram,
American pronunciation of the “dd” in
“ladder”
rn ɳ “rn” as in the Norwegian “barn” (bα:ɳ) barnet
(retrofle Haugen describes “rn” as an” r-cluster” or
retroflex consonant. Haugen writes, “They
x) sound like the corresponding English
consonants with an r-coloring somewhat
weaker than that of American [r]”
rs ʂ “rsh” as in “Hershey” This is also an r-cluster tilbakers
(See “rn” above)
(retrofle
x)
u ʉ: “u” as in Norwegian “nu” or a California nu
surfer’s pronunciation of “dude”. Ellingboe
compares it to a darker [y] vowel - [y] with
30% more [u]). This is the standard sound in
the Norwegian language for the letter “u”.
æ æ: “a” as in “cat” tæ, mæ
ø ø “ø” as in the Norwegian “snø”. Form an “Eh”
with your tongue and an “oh” with your lips at
the same time.
å and o o: “o” as in “coat” sove
ɔ “o” as in “God” stundom, på, så, små, og (The “g” in “og”
is silent)

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