Vowels

Monophthongs
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Monophthongs of Urban East Norwegian on an auditory vowel chart, from Vanvik (1979:13). Note that
modern sources tend to describe /ɑ, ɑː/ as back [ɑ, ɑː], rather than central [ɑ̈, ɑ̈ː].

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Monophthongs of Urban East Norwegian on a formant vowel chart, from Kristoffersen (2000:16–17)

                                     Monophthong phonemes^[17]

                                                    Front

                                                                                                             Central

                                                                                                                       Back


     unrounded

                                                                                                    rounded


     short

                                                                                                 long

                                                                                                     short

                                                                                                          long

                                                                                                              short

                                                                                                                   long

                                                                                                                       short

                                                                                                                            long


Close

                                                      i

                                                                                                  iː

                                                                                                       y

                                                                                                           yː

                                                                                                                ʉ

                                                                                                                    ʉː

                                                                                                                         u

                                                                                                                             uː


Mid

                                                      e

                                                                                                  eː

                                                                                                       ø

                                                                                                           øː

                                                                                                                         ɔ

                                                                                                                             ɔː


Open

                                                      æ

                                                                                                  æː

                                                                                                                         ɑ

                                                                                                                             ɑː


·         Unless preceding another vowel within the same word, all unstressed vowels are
short.^[18]

·         /eː, øː/ are frequently realized as centering diphthongs [eə, øə]. /iː, yː, uː, ɔː/can
also be realized as [iə, yə, uə, ɔə], yet /ʉː, æː, ɑː/ are always monophthongal.^[19]^[20] However,
according to Kvifte & Gude-Husken (2005), the diphthongal variants of /eː, øː, ɔː/ are
opening [eːɛ̯, øːœ̯, ɔːɑ̯], not centering.^[21]