Elfdalian

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Elfdalian is a highly conservative North Germanic language spoken in the Älvdalen region of Sweden, preserving many archaic features lost in other Scandinavian languages.

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Generate an image of Elfdalian (Elfdalian is a highly conservative North Germanic language spoken in the Älvdalen region of Sweden, preserving many archaic features lost in other Scandinavian languages.)

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic language ⓘ
North Germanic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Älvdalian ⓘ
linked to: Övdalian

Älvdalska ⓘ
Övdalian ⓘ
Övdalsk ⓘ
linked to: Övdalian
hasDialects Eastern Elfdalian ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian

Western Elfdalian ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
hasFeature conservative phonology ⓘ
conservative vocabulary ⓘ
distinct case system ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
retention of dental fricatives ⓘ
retention of nasal vowels ⓘ
rich inflectional morphology ⓘ
strong and weak verb classes ⓘ
subject-verb agreement ⓘ
tonal or pitch accent distinctions ⓘ
use of clitics ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Norse
hasHistoricalStage Old Elfdalian ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort children’s books and media production ⓘ
community-based language courses ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers around 3000 ⓘ
hasOrganization Råðdjärum Elfdalian Language Council ⓘ
hasPreservedFeatureFrom Old Norse morphology ⓘ
Old Norse phonology ⓘ
hasStandardizationEffort development of a standardized orthography in the 2000s ⓘ
hasStatus endangered language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Elfdalian orthography ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian

Latin script ⓘ
isConsidered separate language from Swedish by many linguists ⓘ
ISO639-3Code ovd ⓘ
isOftenClassifiedAs Swedish dialect in official Swedish contexts ⓘ
isRelatedTo Danish ⓘ
linked to: Danish language

Faroese ⓘ
Icelandic ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian language

Swedish ⓘ
linked to: Swedish language
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
North Germanic languages ⓘ
region Älvdalen ⓘ
spokenIn Dalarna ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Älvdalen ⓘ
subclassOf East Scandinavian language ⓘ
Scandinavian language ⓘ
usedIn local education in Älvdalen to some extent ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

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

Norse → hasDescendant → Elfdalian ⓘ
Elfdalian → hasWritingSystem → Elfdalian orthography ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Elfdalian → hasDialects → Western Elfdalian ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Elfdalian → hasDialects → Eastern Elfdalian ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Elfdalian → hasHistoricalStage → Old Elfdalian ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Gutnish → hasAlternativeName → Gotlandic Gutnish ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Dalarna → hasDialect → Elfdalian ⓘ
Råðdjärum Elfdalian Language Council → worksOn → Elfdalian orthography ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Råðdjärum Elfdalian Language Council → worksOn → Elfdalian grammar guidelines ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Övdalian → alternativeName → Elfdalian ⓘ
West Scandinavian languages → hasMember → Elfdalian language ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Old Frisian → hasAlternativeName → Aldfrysk ⓘ
subject linked to: ofs
linked to: Elfdalian
Råðdjärum → fieldOfWork → Elfdalian language ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Råðdjärum → associatedWith → Elfdalian language ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Råðdjärum → focusesOn → Elfdalian orthography ⓘ
linked to: Elfdalian
Mora → traditionalDialect → Dalecarlian ⓘ
subject linked to: Mora, Dalarna, Sweden
linked to: Elfdalian