Central Swedish dialects
E79809
Central Swedish dialects are a group of Swedish varieties spoken in the central regions of Sweden that form the basis for the standard pronunciation of the Swedish language.
Aliases (3)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swedish dialects
→
group of dialects → |
| basisFor |
Central Swedish dialects
→
surface form: "Standard Swedish pronunciation"
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Norrland dialects
→
Scanian dialect →
surface form: "South Swedish dialects"
|
| contrastedWith |
Finland Swedish dialects
→
Gotlandic dialects → Norrland dialects → South Swedish dialects → Svealand rural dialects → |
| country | Sweden → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Central Swedish varieties
→
Central Swedish dialects →
surface form: "centralsvenska dialekter"
|
| hasFeature |
consonant length distinction
→
reduction of unstressed vowels → relatively weak regional variation compared to other Swedish dialect groups → retroflex consonant clusters → tonal word accents → vowel length distinction → |
| hasMorphology | two grammatical genders in most varieties → |
| hasPhonology | Central Swedish phonology → |
| hasStatus | de facto standard spoken Swedish → |
| hasStressPattern | primary stress on one syllable per word → |
| hasSyntax | V2 word order → |
| influences |
Swedish language
→
surface form: "Standard Swedish"
|
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
→
Indo-European language family →
surface form: "Indo-European languages"
North Germanic languages → |
| linguisticTypology | fusional language → |
| partOf | Swedish language → |
| region |
eastern Sweden
→
surface form: "central Sweden"
|
| spokenBy | native speakers of Swedish in central Sweden → |
| standardVarietyCenter |
Stockholm
→
Uppsala → |
| subclassOf |
North Germanic dialects
→
Scandinavian dialects → |
| timePeriod | modern era → |
| usedAs | model for teaching Swedish pronunciation to second-language learners → |
| usedIn |
Mälaren Valley
→
Närke → Region Stockholm →
surface form: "Stockholm region"
Svealand → Södermanland County →
surface form: "Södermanland"
Uppland → Västmanland → parts of Dalarna → parts of Gästrikland → |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet → |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Standard Swedish pronunciation"
this entity surface form: "Standard Swedish"
this entity surface form: "Standard Swedish"
this entity surface form: "centralsvenska dialekter"
this entity surface form: "Standard Swedish"