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Kjell (kj) is a letter recently proposed[1] for the Norwegian alphabet. The Danish and Norwegian Alphabet is based upon the Latin alphabet and has consisted of the following 29 letters since 1917 (Norwegian and 1955 It is a humorous proposal aimed at promoting what is considered the proper pronunciation of the Norwegian sound kj (or tj), which in most dialects is [ç] (like the ch in German ich), but which, according to some, has merged with [ʃ] (like English sh) for many speakers. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The reason for "kjell" being an odd name for a Norwegian letter is that Kjell is a fairly common male name[2] in several Scandinavian languages (derived from Old Norse Ketill). The North Germanic languages or Scandinavian languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age
It is sometimes claimed, though with little empirical support, that many Norwegian dialects are experiencing the disappearance of the kj sound, as it is replaced with the more common sound of skj (or sj or sk). A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος dialektos) is a variety of a Language that is characteristic of a particular group of Some think that introducing a special letter for the kj sound would help preserve the sound in the spoken language. If the proposal were to gain popularity, kjell would be placed between L and M in the alphabet.
History
The same kj sound also occurs at the beginning of the word kjerring, which basically only means a woman, but now also bears some negative associations, as in «Klippe, klippe, sa kjerringa», from the Norwegian fairy tale, or in the folk song Kjerringa med Staven. However, back in the Middle Ages the word was merely kerling, which just meant she who belongs to a karl (a man). From this one may deduce that the kj sound did not yet exist in the Middle Ages, but developed later, as kerling slowly changed into kjerring. The same kind of change also took place with the originally Latin word katillus (a cooking vessel) which became ketel and kessel in Germany and ketill in Scandinavia. Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well Over the years the latter word then developed an initial kj sound, and a ketill became a kjel. Kaffekjel, for example, is a coffee-pot.
Notes
- ^ The letter kjell was introduced in the 3 March 2005 episode of the television programme Typisk norsk ("Typical Norwegian") on Norway's most popular TV channel, NRK1. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Typisk norsk ( Typical Norwegian) is a news and magazine program about language and communication produced by Dropout Productions (seasons 1 and 2 and Rubicon The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ( Norwegian: Norsk rikskringkasting AS) which is usually known as the NRK, is the Norwegian
- ^ As of late 2005, according to Statistics Norway, there were 31,884 Norwegians named Kjell, making up nearly 1. Statistics Norway ( Statistisk sentralbyrå or SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau 4% of the male population. The name ranks as no. 9 on the top ten list of the most common boy's names in Norway during the 20th century.
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