Savonian dialects

The Savo dialects (Finnish savolaismurteet ) are a group of dialects of the Finnish language. Together with the South Eastern Finnish dialects they constitute the group of eastern Finnish dialects.

The Savo dialects are used in a large part of eastern Finland. Except in the actual Savo region includes their range of North Karelia, Kainuu, Koillismaa, Central Finland, North and Osthäme and the East Südösterbottens. The wide distribution of Savo dialects is further previously unsettled areas due from the 16th century through swidden farmers from Savo especially of colonization. The Forest Finns in Swedish Värmland talked a Savo dialect.

The Savo dialects are divided into the following subgroups:

• Core - Savo dialects ( from north of Iisalmi to Mikkeli )
• East Savo dialects ( North Karelia )
• West Savo dialects ( North and Osthäme )
• Kainuu dialect ( Kainuu, Koillismaa )
• Central Finland - dialect ( Central Finland ).

Linguistic features

The differences between the Savo dialects and the Finnish standard language are mainly phonological nature. The Savo dialects are mutually far from uniform. The main features of Savo dialects are:

Phonology

• The most important isogloss between western and eastern Finnish dialects is the equivalent of schriftsprachlichem d As in all dialects of Eastern Finland is this sound failed in the Savo dialects or depending on the surrounding sounds through a glide v, j or h has been replaced ( tehä instead tehdä " make ").
• Schriftsprachlichem ts corresponds in most Savo dialects ht ( mehtä instead Metsä " forest "). The various Savo dialects differ among themselves with respect to the step change of this sound from ( mehtän, metän or mehän instead metsän " the forest" ). Is found only in the southern Savo dialects ss instead of the written language ts ( messae ).
• Simple consonants are geminiert between accented and unaccented short - long vowel ( or tullee tulloo instead tulee " ( he / she / it ) is coming" ).
• Compounds of l, h and n with another consonant be resolved by inserting a vowel ( silimä, vanaha instead silmä "eye", Vanha " old").
• The diphthongs ai and au are to open ae and ao ( aeka, laolaa aika instead of "time", laulaa " sing ").
• Schriftsprachlichem aa and ee corresponds to a diphthong ( mua or moa instead maa 'earth', Piae or peae instead pää "head", kualikiäryle instead kaalikääryle " stuffed cabbage ").
• Auslautendes i fails, it does so by palatalization of the preceding consonant according to ( vesj [ vɛs ʲ ] instead of vesi 'water' ).
• The consonant clusters rk and lk show deviations in stage change ( jälki - jälen instead jälki - jäljen " the track - the track ").

Morphology

• The third person singular, the personal ending -pi or -p ( syöpi or syöp instead syö " ( he / she / it eats )").
• Differing personal ending in the second person plural ( työ Antoja place te annoitte " you gave ").
• Deviating imperative ending ( AntoA, antoaten or antooten instead Antakaa " give" ).