Övdalian
E73464
Övdalian is a North Germanic language variety spoken in the Älvdalen region of Sweden, noted for preserving many archaic features lost in standard Swedish.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Germanic language
→
North Germanic language → language variety → |
| alternativeName |
Dalecarlian of Älvdalen
→
Elfdalian → Älvdalian → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Danish
→
Norwegian → Swedish → |
| country |
Sweden
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|
| estimatedSpeakers |
a few thousand
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|
| glottocode |
elvd1238
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|
| hasCommunity |
Älvdalen municipality inhabitants
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|
| hasFeature |
case distinctions in pronouns
→
conservative phonology → distinct grammar from Standard Swedish → distinct vocabulary from Standard Swedish → many archaic features lost in Standard Swedish → nasal vowels → retention of dental fricatives → rich inflectional morphology → subject-verb agreement → |
| hasOrthography |
standardized orthography developed in the late 20th century
→
|
| hasStandardizationEffort |
Råðdjärum (language council)
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|
| ISO639-3Code |
ovd
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|
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
→
Indo-European languages → North Germanic languages → |
| nativeName |
övdalsk
→
övdalską → |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Standard Swedish
→
|
| partOf |
Dalecarlian dialects
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|
| preservesFromOldNorse |
archaic morphological features
→
archaic phonological features → lexical items lost in other Scandinavian languages → |
| recognizedBy |
linguists as distinct from Swedish dialects
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|
| region |
Upper Dalecarlia
→
Älvdalen → |
| spokenIn |
Dalarna
→
Sweden → Älvdalen → |
| status |
endangered language
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minority language → |
| subclassOf |
East Scandinavian language
→
Scandinavian language → |
| subjectOf |
linguistic research on Scandinavian dialects
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|
| usedAs |
spoken language
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|
| writingSystem |
Latin script
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|
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Elfdalian
→
Elfdalian ("Älvdalian") → Elfdalian ("Övdalsk") → |
hasAlternativeName |
|
Övdalian
("Älvdalian")
→
|
alternativeName |