Elfdalian

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Germanic language North Germanic language natural language

Elfdalian is a highly conservative North Germanic language spoken in the Älvdalen region of Sweden, preserving many archaic features lost in other Scandinavian languages.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Elfdalian orthography	2
Eastern Elfdalian	1
Elfdalian grammar guidelines	1
Gotlandic Gutnish	1
Old Elfdalian	1
Western Elfdalian	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Germanic language ⓘ North Germanic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Övdalian ⓘ surface form: Älvdalian Älvdalska ⓘ Övdalian ⓘ Övdalian ⓘ surface form: Övdalsk
hasDialects	Elfdalian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Elfdalian Elfdalian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Elfdalian
hasFeature	conservative phonology ⓘ conservative vocabulary ⓘ distinct case system ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ retention of dental fricatives ⓘ retention of nasal vowels ⓘ rich inflectional morphology ⓘ strong and weak verb classes ⓘ subject-verb agreement ⓘ tonal or pitch accent distinctions ⓘ use of clitics ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin	Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
hasHistoricalStage	Elfdalian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Elfdalian
hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort	children’s books and media production ⓘ community-based language courses ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers	around 3000 ⓘ
hasOrganization	Råðdjärum Elfdalian Language Council ⓘ
hasPreservedFeatureFrom	Old Norse morphology ⓘ Old Norse phonology ⓘ
hasStandardizationEffort	development of a standardized orthography in the 2000s ⓘ
hasStatus	endangered language ⓘ minority language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Elfdalian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Elfdalian orthography Latin script ⓘ
isConsidered	separate language from Swedish by many linguists ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	ovd ⓘ
isOftenClassifiedAs	Swedish dialect in official Swedish contexts ⓘ
isRelatedTo	Danish language ⓘ surface form: Danish Faroese ⓘ Icelandic ⓘ Norwegian language ⓘ surface form: Norwegian Swedish language ⓘ surface form: Swedish
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages North Germanic languages ⓘ
region	Älvdalen ⓘ
spokenIn	Dalarna ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Älvdalen ⓘ
subclassOf	East Scandinavian language ⓘ Scandinavian language ⓘ
usedIn	local education in Älvdalen to some extent ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Övdalian → alternativeName → Elfdalian ⓘ

Råðdjärum Elfdalian Language Council → associatedLanguage → Elfdalian ⓘ

Gutnish → hasAlternativeName → Elfdalian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gotlandic Gutnish

Norse → hasDescendant → Elfdalian ⓘ

Dalarna → hasDialect → Elfdalian ⓘ

Elfdalian → hasDialects → Elfdalian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Elfdalian

Elfdalian → hasDialects → Elfdalian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Elfdalian

Elfdalian → hasHistoricalStage → Elfdalian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Elfdalian

Elfdalian → hasWritingSystem → Elfdalian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elfdalian orthography

North Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Elfdalian ⓘ

Råðdjärum Elfdalian Language Council → languageOfWork → Elfdalian ⓘ

Råðdjärum Elfdalian Language Council → worksOn → Elfdalian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elfdalian orthography

Råðdjärum Elfdalian Language Council → worksOn → Elfdalian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elfdalian grammar guidelines