Dalecarlian language



         


Dalacarlian (Älvdalska)
Spoken in: Sweden
Region: Dalecarlia
Total speakers: approximately 3,000
Ranking: Not in top 100
Genetic classification: Indo-European
 Germanic
  North Germanic
   East Scandinavian
    Swedish
     Dalecarlian
Official status
Official language of: -
Regulated by: None (However, the Ulum dalska is important.)
Language codes
ISO 639-1-
ISO 639-2gem
SILDLC


The Dalacarlian language is traditionally grouped as a dialect of Swedish language but it could rather be considered as an own language. There are about 3,000 peoples speaking it in Dalecarlia. It contains new diphthongs (which are [or were] common in Swedish dialects) but also grammars from old Norse that no other Nordic languages have. The language is not recognized as a separate language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

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See also: Dalecarlian horse

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