Hallingmål-Valdris

Hallingmål-Valdris is a group of Norwegian dialects traditionally spoken in the traditional districts of Hallingdal in Buskerud county and Valdres in Innlandet county.

Phonology

is usually realized as a prestopped nasal, while the allophone only occurs in words like baren "the bar".
also has a prestopped realization.
The phoneme which is commonly called thick L, exists in words that had either or in Old Norse. In Vang Municipality, occurs only in the first case.
The consonant clusters,, and were not pronounced as, only was. Sørbygdi in Flå Municipality pronounces as, while Gulsvik pronounces it as.
The consonant clusters and were mostly assimilated to. Hol Municipality and Ål Municipality assimilated these to, and Sørbygdi in Flå Municipality assimilated to.
The clusters, and are pronounced as spelled.
The Old Norse cluster is pronounced as assimilated or.

The back vowels and in older Hallingmål-Valdris were pronounced as in Old Norse, without the vowel shift to, respectively, and that is found in most other Norwegian dialects.
The short Old Norse vowels and are pronounced as central almost everywhere, except for Ål Municipality, where these are back. In Valdres, the schwa can also be realized as.
Traditionally, were pronounced as open-mid.
The words pronounced and mean "I" and "am", respectively.
Itacism is found in southern Hallingdal, making the vowel to be unrounded to.
The Old Norse diphthongs, and are traditionally pronounced as, and. This is occurs today especially in upper Valdres and Hol Municipality, and Ål Municipality.