Talk:Danish dialects

Tones
Standard Danish does not have tones which change the meaning of a word, but what is rarely mentioned is, that even the dialects above the "stød" line still have a rising tone to imply a sort of "word contraction". It is only used in a few phrases, but they are very common, such as "it is" which is "det er" in Danish. However it is not pronounced as two words, only the first is pronounced - the second is not pronounced at all. Instead, a rising tone is added to the first word, pronounced as "de-e", with a rising tone on the extended e.

It is almost exclusively associated with the word "er". Example: "det er det, det er" (it is what it is) Here the first "er" is a tone change of the first "det" (t is not pronounced) but the last "det er" has both words pronounced separately.62.44.138.113 (talk) 19:48, 19 August 2020 (UTC)