Scanian dialect
E79808
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.
Aliases (2)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scandinavian dialect
→
dialect → regional variety of Swedish → |
| belongsTo |
South Swedish dialect area
→
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Danish
→
Standard Swedish → other South Swedish dialects → |
| country |
Sweden
→
|
| educationStatus |
not used as primary medium of instruction in schools
→
|
| hasAlternativeName |
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
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|
| 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
→
Öresund region → |
| spokenBy |
inhabitants of Skåne
→
native Swedish speakers in southernmost Sweden → |
| spokenIn |
Scania
→
Skåne → southern Sweden → |
| standardizationStatus |
lacks fully standardized orthography distinct from Swedish
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|
| 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 (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Central Swedish dialects
("South Swedish dialects")
→
|
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Scanian dialect
("Scanian")
→
|
hasAlternativeName |
|
Swedish language
→
|
hasDialect |