Värmlandic (varmlansk)

Värmlandic, or Värmländska, is a group of Swedish dialects spoken in the traditional province of Värmland in western Sweden. Värmland corresponds to Värmland County and the two neighbouring municipalities of Karlskoga and Degerfors. In 2017 this area had a population of 319,675, however the number of people who speak Värmlandic is unknown.

The Värmlandic spoken by a small number of mainly elderly people differs from Standard Swedish in terms of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Many more people - over 150,000 - speak Swedish with Värmlandic pronunciation.

Värmlandic alphabet

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Sample text

All mensher ä född fri å ä lik i vaaL å rätt. De 'a gûes ômdömm å samvett å boL hannel a varanner i broderskapsånn.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Videos in and about Värmlandic

Information about Värmlandic | Phrases | Numbers | Time | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Värmlandic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Värmländska
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Värmländska
http://swedia.ling.gu.se/Svealand/Varmland/index.html
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3369&artikel=2756737
https://tinyurl.com/varmlandic
https://www.docdroid.net/wIzmwQB/vrmlandskarta-inspelningar.pdf

Germanic languages

Afrikaans, Alsatian, Bavarian, Cimbrian, Danish, Dutch, Elfdalian, English, Faroese, Flemish, Frisian (East), Frisian (North), Frisian (Saterland), Frisian (West), German, Gothic, Gottscheerish, Gronings, Hunsrik, Icelandic, Limburgish, Low German, Luxembourgish, Mòcheno, Norn, Norwegian, Old English, Old Norse, Pennsylvania German, Ripuarian, Scots, Shetland(ic), Stellingwarfs, Swabian, Swedish, Swiss German, Transylvanian Saxon, Värmlandic, Wymysorys, Yiddish, Yola, Zeelandic

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 23.04.21

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