Norwegian Tones and Pitch Accents
Written by Peder B. Helland
A very interesting aspect regarding the Norwegian language is something called tones or pitch accents. In this article you'll learn what tones/pitch accents are, learn about the difference in meaning when using the two different Norwegian tones, and hear the difference in pronunciation between tones. You can hear the pronunciation in the video below.
Start by watching this video to understand how Norwegian tones/pitch accents are pronounced.
Norwegian pitch accents refer to the linguistic phenomenon when two similar words have different meanings based on the pronunciation, the pitch, of the words. An example of this is the Norwegian words bønner (beans) and bønder (farmers). Watch the video above for more explanation, examples and exercises.