Seán D. Vrieland’s new JEMIE review of A Grammar of Elfdalian highlights a clear, rich, and much-needed English resource on this unique North Germanic minority language. A great read for linguists and language enthusiasts.

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JEMIE's next article by Willem A.C. Koen unpacks debates around Elfdalian recognition in Sweden. Discover the tensions around the term 'folkmål', which can be a key to bridging policy & local advocacy.

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Table showing the different varieties of Dalecarlian runes, of which Elfdalian used one version.

Runes prove Elfdalian is distinct ancient Nordic language, say researchers

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Swedish government explained it was "only a dialect", not a minority language. Epic moment back in 2021 when MoP Peter Helander said a few words in #Elfdalian in Parliament. He was then asked to speak Swedish instead, but replied that Elfdalian according to the gov was a #dialect, thus Swedish.

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Yes, more or less only in Älvdalen in the landscape of Dalarna, although Älvdalens socken (parish) is often mentioned. Surprisingly #Elfdalian has not been granted status as minority language (Finnish, Jiddisch, Romani chib, Sami and Meänkieli since 2000).
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The state of these word-final vowels challenged me to do further research. Later Old Norse, Old Swedish, Old Gutnish & #Elfdalian confirm they resisted syncope, indicating they were long. A qualitative split between *ō/ɔ̄ >ā >a vs. õ# >ō# >o#/u# shows they had been nasalised.
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Runes prove Elfdalian is distinct ancient Nordic language, say researchers Linguists argue language spoken by 2,500 people in central Sweden is more than an esoteric dialect

Runes prove Elfdalian is distinct ancient Nordic language, say researchers
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Unique Book on the Grammar of Elfdalian to be released The first ever grammar of Elfdalian in English – A Grammar of Elfdalian – is soon to be released. The unique book was written by Yair Sapir, Senior Lecturer...

Unique Book on the Grammar of #Elfdalian to be released
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<It's incomprehensible why Elfdalian has not yet been recognised as an official minority language in Sweden>

Elfdalian Language Helps Norse Historians - Language Magazine All of the Nordic languages; Icelandic, Faroese, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian are descended from Old Norse, the language of the Vikings. These languages have all evolved in different ways over the pa...

Elfdalian Language Helps Norse Historians
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