Övdalian

Also known as Dalecarlian, Övdalsk, Övdalską, Elfdalian

thumb|Maps of settlements in Älvdalen parish, Sweden, and the percentage of the population speaking Övdalian (2008 data)

Key facts

Language.name: Övdalian
Language.altname: Elfdalian
Language.ethnicity: Swedish
Language.states: Sweden
Language.region: Älvdalen, Dalarna
Language.date: 2023
Language.familycolor: Indo-European
Language.fam2: Germanic
Language.fam3: North Germanic
Language.fam4: East Scandinavian with West Scandinavian elements (or Central Scandinavian)
Language.fam5: Dalecarlian
Language.agency: Swedish Language Council
Language.iso3: ovd
Language.linglist: qer
Language.glotto: elfd1234
Language.glottorefname: Elfdalian
Language.map: Älvdalen Municipality in Dalarna County.png
Language.mapcaption: Älvdalen Municipality in Dalarna, where Övdalian is spoken in the southeastern half

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Wikimedia Incubator URL: incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ovd
Wikimedia language code: ovd
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 2000
P10369: (9557) 1986 QL2
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-185340202

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23 sections

Contents

Classification
Characteristics
Archaisms
Innovations and unique developments
Status
Preservation and standardization
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Diphthongs
Nasal vowel sounds
Prosody
Writing systems
Råðdjärum's orthography
Elfdalian alphabet
Grammar
Morphology
Syntax
New organisms named after Övdalian
Notes
References
English
Swedish

thumb|Maps of settlements in Älvdalen parish, Sweden, and the percentage of the population speaking Övdalian (2008 data)

Övdalian or Elfdalian ( or , ; or ) is a North Germanic language spoken by around 3,000 people who live or have grown up in the locality of Älvdalen (''''), in the southeast of Älvdalen Municipality in northern Dalarna, Sweden.