Ostrobothnians: Difference between revisions

'''Ostrobothnians''' ({{lang-fi|Pohjalaiset}}, {{IPA|fi|ˈpoxjɑˌlɑi̯set|IPA}}) are a [[Finnish tribes|subgroup]] (''{{Wikt-lang|fi|heimo''}}) of the [[Finns|Finnish people]] who live in the areas of the historical province of [[Ostrobothnia (historical province)|Ostrobothnia]] in the northwestern parts of Finland.

The [[South Ostrobothnian dialect]] is characterized by the changed of {{IPA|/d/}} in Finnish to {{IPA|/r/}} in Ostrobothnia ''{{lang|fi|lehren''}} '({{lang-fi|lehden||leaf's' (Finnish: lehden}}), the middle vowelsvowel ''tyl''ysäin 'boring'{{lang|fi|tylysä}} (Finnish: {{lang-fi|tylsä||boring}}) and the diphthongs {{lang|fi|uo}}, {{lang|fi|yö}} and {{lang|fi|ie}} changing into {{lang|fi|ua}}, {{lang|fi|yä}} and {{lang|fi|iä}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eteläpohjalaisten murteiden piirteitä|url=http://sokl.uef.fi/aineistot/aidinkieli/murteet/etpohmur.html|access-date=2021-05-26|website=sokl.uef.fi}}</ref>

The [[Central and Northern Ostrobothnian dialects|Central and North Ostrobothnian dialects]] have been influenced by the [[Savonian dialects]]. They have changed the written Finnish sound of {{IPA|/t͡s/}} into {{IPA|/s:/}} or {{IPA|/ʰt/}} and the vowels {{lang|fi|-ea}} and {{lang|fi|-eä}} into {{lang|fi|-ia}} and {{lang|fi|-iä}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Keski- ja pohjoispohjalaisia murrepiirteitä|url=http://sokl.uef.fi/aineistot/aidinkieli/murteet/kepohmur.html|access-date=2021-05-26|website=sokl.uef.fi}}</ref>