Talk:Icelandic/Alphabet and Pronunciation

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Bonjour. Teh letter G is called gé, not ge. Y is 'ypsilon', not ufsilon. Same with Ý. ;) FIX IT!!!!!
 * Did you know you can fix it yourself? &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 13:07, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Vah.. That was a quick reply. No, I did actually {fix it}, I didn't really notice it was part of 'wikimedia'. And I came back to hya to say it was a really nice article =D -MrGulli (talk) 13:14, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Also, that 'au' in the diphthongs, it {personally} doesn't really sound like 'oi in oil...  ..Cant really think of a replacement word, should be somewhere in zhat IPA language thing. (I'm not gonna fix that;) (just a hint) -


 * You are right, though a native Icelander should answer this. "au" is NOT like "oi" in engl. "oil". The icelandic "au"

sounds like a short icelandic "ö" plus a short icelandic "u". This is my impression, but there are more possibilities, so including the first one, I'd say, these are the options: a) sounds like short icel. "ö" plus short icel. "u" b) sounds like icel. long "u" in "sumar", only that the vowel is short! plus icel. short "u" c) sounds like short icel. "ö" plus icel. "i" (or maybe: "í") - compare this to french "oeil" (meaning: eye) d) sounds like "u" in "sumar", but short! plus icel. "i" or "í"

So what does it really sound like, Icelanders? Listening to sound samples such as "aumur", I am not quite sure which option describes it best...

MrGulli (talk) 13:23, 3 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Regarding the pronounciation description for the letter "U": A german "ö" does not sound like the "oo" in "foot" or "good". --31.19.178.46 (discuss) 12:25, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

[Idea] Include Icelandic keyboard layout image
Why not add an image of the Icelandic keyboard layout, so that newcomers will be able to learn how to type in the Icelandic? I think there is such an image in the Wikimedia Commons. --Aptitudemoo (talk) 08:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

U

 * "U virtually identical to a German "ö" ("oo" in "foot" or "good")"

I think this is incorrect. The Icelandic letter U is pronounced like the German "ü", not "ö". It is much like the French "u", too. The German letter ö is pronounced the same as the Icelandic letter ö. The Icelandic letter U is not pronounced like "oo" in "foot" or "good", but like ü in German über, or like u in French cul. It is difficult for English speakers to make that sound and to distinguish it from the Icelandic Ú sound (which is English "oo", and German "u"). I'll change the entry. --Neitram (discuss • contribs) 14:29, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Z
I do not understand the reference to Morgunblaðið. Do you mean that articles in Morgunblaðið still use the "z" whereas modern texts do not? If so, can you give an example? What would be the appropriate replacement of this letter in modern Icelandic? --Marq Kole (discuss • contribs) 20:21, 17 June 2018 (UTC)