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Swedish dialects in Ostrobothnia

Linguistic variety of Swedish spoken in certain regions of Finland

Summary

Linguistic variety of Swedish spoken in certain regions of Finland

Ostrobothnia]] on a map of [[Finland

Ostrobothnian Swedish () is a variety of Finland-Swedish, spoken in Finland. Outside the autonomous island province of Åland, which is officially monolingually Swedish, Ostrobothnia is the only region of mainland Finland where Swedish-speakers are the majority (51%).

Samples of dialects

Närpes-dialect recorded in 1982 by Ann-Marie Ivars (see file for transcription).

Vörå-dialect recorded in 1962 by .

References

"svenskan i Finland - Uppslagsverket Finland".
"Suomenruotsin murteet".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090612185805/http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi Väestö iän ja sukupuolen mukaan alueittain] 31.12.2008. Tilastokeskus: demography.
(1962). "Äldre inspelning från Närpes (1982)". Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland.
(1962). "Äldre inspelning från Vörå (1962)". Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland.

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