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Toward an Acoustic Description of Faroese long and short Monophthongs

Ískoyti til eina ljóðfrøðiliga lýsing av longum og stuttum einljóðum í føroyskum

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Published Mar 30, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18602/8v8dak73

Lene Mølgaard Jørgensen Hjalmar Páll Petersen

Fróðskaparsetur Føroya, Føroyamálsdeildin

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine and compare the monophthongs of the Faroese dialects of Norðurstreymoy, Eysturoy, Vágar (North-West Faroese), Klaksvík (North-East Faroese), Tórshavn (Central Faroese), and Suðuroy (Southern Faroese) as produced by 25 female and 16 male speakers auditorily and acoustically. The analysis focuses on stressed monophthongs embedded in nonsense words. Target vowels were presented orthographically in the frame bVb for long vowels and bVbb for short vowels. The bVb ( b ) nonsense words were inserted into the carrier sentence Eg sigi or ð ið __ nú ´I say the word___ now´. Acoustic measurements are carried out using Praat.

Úrtak

Endamálið við hesi kanning er at kanna og bera saman einljóðini í málførunum í Norðurstreymoy, Eysturoy, Vágum (útnyrðingsføroyskt), Klaksvík (landnyrðingsføroyskt), Tórshavn (miðføroyskt) og Suðuroy (suðurføroyskt), soleiðis sum tey eru borin fram av 41 heimildarfólkum (25 kvinnum, 16 monnum). Dentur er lagdur á einljóðini í herðingarsterkari støðu í tvætliorðunum bVb fyri long sjálvljóð og bvbb fyri stutt sjálvljóð. Hesi “orð” vórðu sett inn í setningin Eg sigi orðið ___ nú , sum heimildarfólkini skuldu lesa tríggjar ferðir. Ljóðfrøðiligar mátingar vórðu síðani gjørdar við forritinum Praat .

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Keywords

Faroese monophthongs, dialects, acoustics analysis, Føroysk einljóð, málføri, ljóðfrøðilig greining

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