Gutnish

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Gutnish is a North Germanic language variety spoken on the Swedish island of Gotland, distinct from standard Swedish and descended from the medieval language Old Gutnish.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gutnish language 1
Gutnish people 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic language
North Germanic language variety
Scandinavian language
closelyRelatedTo Gotlandic Swedish
Swedish
country Sweden
derivedFrom language of the medieval Gutes
distinctFrom Gutnish language of the Gutes in medieval times
Old Gutnish
Central Swedish dialects
surface form: Standard Swedish
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Elfdalian
surface form: Gotlandic Gutnish

Gutalagen
surface form: Gutamål
hasAncestor Old Gutnish
Norse
surface form: Old Norse
hasCulturalAssociation Gotlandic folklore
Gotlandic rural communities
Gotlandic traditional music
hasDialect Fårö Gutnish
Old Gutnish
surface form: Northern Gutnish

Old Gutnish
surface form: Southern Gutnish
hasEthnicGroup Gutes
hasLexicalFeature many words not found in Standard Swedish
hasMorphologicalFeature conservative noun inflection patterns compared to Standard Swedish
hasPhonologicalFeature retention of certain diphthongs lost in Standard Swedish
hasPreservationEffort documentation by linguists of Scandinavian dialects
local cultural associations on Gotland
hasSyntacticFeature word order largely similar to Swedish
historicalRegion Gotland
ISOStatus no separate ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

North Germanic languages
region Gotland County
sharesFeaturesWith Norse
surface form: Old Norse

Old East Norse
surface form: Old Swedish
spokenIn Fårö
Gotland
Sweden
statusInSweden regional variety of Swedish
subclassOf East Scandinavian language
Gotlandic dialects
Swedish language varieties
usedAs spoken vernacular on Gotland
usedIn informal communication among some Gotlanders
local literature on Gotland
local theater on Gotland
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (5)

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

Old Gutnish descendant Gutnish
Gotland hasRegionalDialect Gutnish
Gutalagen relatedTo Gutnish
this entity surface form: Gutnish people
Gutes spoke Gutnish
this entity surface form: Gutnish language