Scanian dialect

E79808
Scandinavian dialect dialect regional variety of Swedish

The Scanian dialect is a regional variety of Swedish spoken in the southernmost province of Skåne, known for its distinctive pronunciation and vocabulary influenced historically by Danish.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Scanian 2
Scanian dialect canonical 1
Scanian dialects 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scandinavian dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
regional variety of Swedish ⓘ
belongsTo southern Sweden ⓘ
surface form: South Swedish dialect area
closelyRelatedTo Danish ⓘ
Central Swedish dialects ⓘ
surface form: Standard Swedish

other South Swedish dialects ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
educationStatus not used as primary medium of instruction in schools ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Scanian dialect ⓘ
surface form: Scanian

Skånska ⓘ
hasCulturalRole marker of regional identity in Skåne ⓘ
used in regional humor and popular culture ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature consonant realization ⓘ
intonation ⓘ
lexical Danish loans ⓘ
pronunciation ⓘ
prosody ⓘ
vocabulary ⓘ
vowel quality ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature Danish-derived vocabulary items ⓘ
regional words not used in Standard Swedish ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct realization of /r/ sounds ⓘ
monophthongization patterns differing from Standard Swedish ⓘ
stød-like prosodic patterns compared to Danish stød ⓘ
historicallyInfluencedBy Danish language ⓘ
historicalStatus developed under Danish rule of Scania until 17th century ⓘ
was once part of Danish dialect continuum ⓘ
ISO639Status does not have a separate ISO 639 language code ⓘ
languageBranch East Scandinavian ⓘ
languageFamily North Germanic languages ⓘ
lessCommonIn formal writing ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility largely intelligible with Standard Swedish ⓘ
partially intelligible with Danish ⓘ
partOf Swedish language ⓘ
region Skåne County ⓘ
Øresund Region ⓘ
surface form: Öresund region
spokenBy inhabitants of Skåne ⓘ
native Swedish speakers in southernmost Sweden ⓘ
spokenIn Scania ⓘ
Skåne County ⓘ
surface form: Skåne

southern Sweden ⓘ
standardizationStatus lacks fully standardized orthography distinct from Swedish ⓘ
subjectOf debate about status as dialect vs. separate language ⓘ
dialectological research in Sweden ⓘ
usedIn informal spoken communication ⓘ
regional media in Skåne ⓘ
usesOrthography Swedish orthography ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Swedish language → hasDialect → Scanian dialect ⓘ
Scanian dialect → hasAlternativeName → Scanian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scanian
Central Swedish dialects → closelyRelatedTo → Scanian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Swedish dialects
Scania → hasRegionalDialect → Scanian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scanian
East Scandinavian → includes → Scanian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scanian dialects