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Group of dialects of Meänkieli From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Gällivare dialects | |
|---|---|
| Gällivare Finnish | |
| Jellivaaranvarieteetti | |
| Native to | Sweden |
| Region | Gällivare |
| Ethnicity | Tornedalians |
Uralic
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| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
 Traditional spread of the Meänkieli variants, including the Gällivare dialects | |
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]
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