Gotlandic Swedish

E356502

Gotlandic Swedish is a regional variety of Swedish spoken on the island of Gotland, characterized by distinctive phonology and vocabulary influenced by the older Gutnish language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic lect
Swedish dialect
regional variety of Swedish
belongsTo Swedish dialects of the Baltic Sea region
closelyRelatedTo Fårö Gutnish
surface form: Gotlandic Gutnish

Central Swedish dialects
surface form: Standard Swedish
country Sweden
hasAlternativeName Gotlandic Swedish
surface form: Gotlandic dialect of Swedish

Fårö Gutnish
surface form: Gotländska
hasDialectContinuumWith other Swedish regional varieties
hasFeature distinct local accent
regional pronunciation of Swedish phonemes
hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom Old Gutnish
hasInfluenceOn local place names on Gotland
hasLexicalFeature regional vocabulary not used in Standard Swedish
vocabulary influenced by older Gutnish
hasMorphologicalFeature minor differences from Standard Swedish morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant realizations differing from Standard Swedish
distinctive prosody compared to Standard Swedish
distinctive vowel quality compared to Standard Swedish
intonation patterns distinct from mainland Swedish
hasSociolinguisticProperty marker of Gotlandic regional identity
hasStatus non-official regional variety
hasSyntacticFeature largely similar syntax to Standard Swedish
hasVariation rural Gotlandic Swedish
urban Gotlandic Swedish
influencedBy Gutnish
surface form: Gutnish language
island Gotland
ISO639-1Code sv
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

North Germanic languages
mutuallyIntelligibleWith Central Swedish dialects
surface form: Standard Swedish

most other Swedish dialects
partOf East Scandinavian
surface form: East Scandinavian dialect continuum
region Gotland
spokenBy inhabitants of Gotland
spokenIn Gotland
Sweden
standardLanguage Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
subclassOf Scandinavian dialect
Swedish language
usedIn everyday communication on Gotland
local media on Gotland
usesScript Swedish alphabet
writingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (4)

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

Gutnish closelyRelatedTo Gotlandic Swedish
Gutes modernLanguageDescendant Gotlandic Swedish
this entity surface form: Gotlandic dialect of Swedish
Fårö Gutnish sharesFeaturesWith Gotlandic Swedish
this entity surface form: Gotlandic Gutnish
Gotlandic Swedish hasAlternativeName Gotlandic Swedish
this entity surface form: Gotlandic dialect of Swedish