LL-L "Phonology" 2006.03.08 (04) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 08 February 2006 * Volume 04
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From: Niels Winther  <nielswinther at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" [E]

--- Ingmar R skrev:
> ...
> Danish still spells hv versus v, although both are pronounced v, ...

But Danish spelling hv is pronounced hw in Northern Jutish.

Niels Winther

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Phonology

Ingmar, folks,

In Faeroese and Icelandic, written <hv> is pronounced [kv].

I assume <hv> was pronounced [hv] or [xv] in Old Norse.  Some say it was 
pronounced [W] (the voiceless equivalent of [w], as in Scots and Maori 
<wh>).  I'm doubtful about that, given that it developed into [kv] in 
Faeroese and Icelandic and into [hw] in Jutish (as mentioned by Niels 
above).  If it was pronounced [W], I would expect it to have developed into 
<f>, as happened in many northern dialects of Scots.

In Old Gutnish (possible a leftover of Gothic in Scandinavia) it corresponds 
to written <hu>.
[see http://runeberg.org/gutasaga/, http://www.northvegr.org/lore/gutasaga/]

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron 

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