Arendalsk,Arendal dialect orArendal Norwegian (Bokmål andNynorsk:Arendalsk,Arendalsdialekten; the Arendal dialect:Ændalsk) is a dialect ofNorwegian used inArendal.

• Intervocalic/p,t,k/ are realized as voiced[b,d,ɡ]. This feature appeared in this dialect in the 20th century.^[2][3]
• A uvular[ʀ] realization of/r/ was established in Arendal before the 20th century.^[2][3]
• /ʀ/ is frequently dropped, so that e.g.Lars becomesLæs.^[3]
• The ending/əʀ/ is pronounced[ɔ] (as in Danish), so that the word for 'basement' iskjeller in Bokmål, butkjellå in the Arendal dialect.^[2][3]

According to the linguist Gjert Kristoffersen, a recent change is that the postvocalic/ʀ/ isvocalized to[æ̯], rather than dropped. The phonetic diphthongs[ʉæ̯] and[uæ̯] may be monophthongized and lowered to, respectively,[œː] and[ɔː], so that the words for 'to do gymnastics' and 'thorn' (which phonemically are, respectively,/ˈtʉ̂ʀne/ and/ˈtûʀne/) vary in their phonetic realization between, respectively,[ˈtʉ̂æ̯nə]~[ˈtœ̂ːnə] and[ˈtûæ̯nə]~[ˈtɔ̂ːnə]. This process may be extended to mid vowels.^[4]

Tonemes of the Arendal dialect are the same as those of the Oslo dialect; accent 1 is low-rising, whereas accent 2 is falling-rising.^[5]

• Gjert Kristoffersen^[4]
• Rockebandet Ændal, a heavy metal band that sings in the Arendal dialect^[6]

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