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Gällivare dialects

Gällivare dialects (Meänkieli: Jellivaaranvarieteetti),[1] alternately Gällivare Finnish (Swedish: Gällivarefinska, Finnish: Jällivaaransuomi) or, in more colloquial Swedish, village Finnish (byfinska), are a dialect group of Meänkieli (which also includes the Torne Valley dialects and Lannankieli),[2] which is recognized in Sweden as an independent Finnic language for political, sociological and historical reasons, but it is sometimes considered as a group of Peräpohjola dialects of Finnish due to their close mutual intelligibility. The Gällivare dialects are spoken around Gällivare, but also in Killivaara and Nattavaara.

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Gällivare dialects
Gällivare Finnish
Jellivaaranvarieteetti
Native toSweden
RegionGällivare
EthnicityTornedalians
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
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Traditional spread of the Meänkieli variants, including the Gällivare dialects
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Features of the dialects are absence of Vowel harmony: kyla 'village' (Meänkieli and Finnish: kylä), and the passive being used for the third person plural ending: äijät poltethin (Finnish: ukot polttivat). The dialect is also heavily influenced by Swedish and many loanwords have entered the Gällivare dialects.[3] A Gällivare dialect dictionary was made in 1992 by Birger Winsa.[4]

Features

  • Passive being used for the third person plural ending
  • /o/ has changed to /u/ often: isu 'big', (Finnish: iso).
  • Triphthongs: syöi 'ate'.[3]

Example

  • Oliko tännet tietä ennen?
  • Ei.
  • Eei oles, tie on. jaa, kyllä se on kuuskymmentä vuotta aikaa tullu.
  • Juust vasta tie tehty.
  • Sit ei ol ollu tietä, se on ollu liki Jällivaarhaav viis peniŋkulmaa kantant.
  • Ei se niiv niin ra hauska homma sekkää.
  • Ei ole miellùtta olleŋkha.
  • Täältä kaloja vienhet ja vaihethanhej jauhuja ja kaffi(a ja sokkeri(a.
  • Takka mennessä takka tullessa.
  • Joo.
  • Joo mie olen kans kokenu se reissu.
  • Joo hän on kantannu mutta mi en ole kantan.
  • Niit on ollu äijjiä jokka oŋ kantanhe sata kilua jauhuja. se on ollu lujat miehet en enne vanhast. Seon niemess oll yks äijä joka oŋ kantanu, sata kilu- Ollin Filppaaksi sanotti. sata kilua lyöny selkhän̬, ja lähteny marsii. ja eikä sollu pitkä.[5]

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