Gutnish
E72575
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.