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'''Gällivare dialects''' ([[Meänkieli]]: {{Lang|fit|jellivaaranvarieteetti}}),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meänkieli ↔ svenska ordbok |url=https://xn--sprk-soa.isof.se/me%C3%A4nkieli/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=xn--sprk-soa.isof.se}}</ref> alternately '''Gällivare Finnish''' ([[Swedish language|Swedish]]:
'''Gällivare dialects''' ([[Meänkieli]]: {{Lang|fit|jellivaaranvarieteetti}}),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meänkieli ↔ svenska ordbok |url=https://xn--sprk-soa.isof.se/me%C3%A4nkieli/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=xn--sprk-soa.isof.se}}</ref> alternately '''Gällivare Finnish''' ([[Swedish language|Swedish]]:


{{Lang|sv|Gällivarefinska}}, [[Finnish language|Finnish]]: {{Lang|fi|Jellivaaransuomi}}) or, in more colloquial Swedish, '''village Finnish''' ({{Lang|sv|byfinska}}), are a dialect group of Meänkieli, which is recognized in Sweden as an independent Finnic language for political, sociological and historical reasons, but it is sometimes considered as a [[Finnish language|dialect group of Finnish]] due to their mutual intangibility. The Gällivare dialects are spoken around [[Gällivare]], but also in [[Killivaara]] and [[Nattavaara]]. In Sweden, the Gällivare dialects are considered as one of the three variants of Meänkieli, which also includes the [[Torne Valley dialects]] and [[Lannankieli]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-15 |title=Vi uppmärksammar tornedalingarnas dag |url=https://www.sigtuna.se/nyheter/nyheter/2022-07-15-vi-uppmarksammar-tornedalingarnas-dag.html |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.sigtuna.se |language=sv}}</ref>
{{Lang|sv|Gällivarefinska}}, [[Finnish language|Finnish]]: {{Lang|fi|Jellivaaransuomi}}) or, in more colloquial Swedish, '''village Finnish''' ({{Lang|sv|byfinska}}), are a dialect group of Meänkieli which also includes the [[Torne Valley dialects]] and [[Lannankieli]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-15 |title=Vi uppmärksammar tornedalingarnas dag |url=https://www.sigtuna.se/nyheter/nyheter/2022-07-15-vi-uppmarksammar-tornedalingarnas-dag.html |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.sigtuna.se |language=sv}}</ref>


Features of the dialects are absence of [[Vowel harmony]]: ''kyla'' 'village' ([[Meänkieli]] and [[Finnish language|Finnish]]: {{Lang|fi|kylä}}), and the passive being used for the third person plural ending: ''äijät poltethin'' ([[Finnish language|Finnish]]: {{Lang|fi|ukot polttivat}}). The dialect is also heavily influenced by [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and many loanwords have entered the Gällivare dialects.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Jällivaaran murteet|url=http://sokl.uef.fi/aineistot/aidinkieli/murteet/jallivaa.html|access-date=2021-03-30|website=sokl.uef.fi}}</ref> A Gällivare dialect dictionary was made in 1992 by Birger Winsa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meänkieli, yksi Ruotsin vähemmistökielistä - Kielikello|url=https://www.kielikello.fi/-/meankieli-yksi-ruotsin-vahemmistokielista|access-date=2021-03-30|website=www.kielikello.fi|language=fi-FI}}</ref>
Features of the dialects are absence of [[Vowel harmony]]: ''kyla'' 'village' ([[Meänkieli]] and [[Finnish language|Finnish]]: {{Lang|fi|kylä}}), and the passive being used for the third person plural ending: ''äijät poltethin'' ([[Finnish language|Finnish]]: {{Lang|fi|ukot polttivat}}). The dialect is also heavily influenced by [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and many loanwords have entered the Gällivare dialects.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Jällivaaran murteet|url=http://sokl.uef.fi/aineistot/aidinkieli/murteet/jallivaa.html|access-date=2021-03-30|website=sokl.uef.fi}}</ref> A Gällivare dialect dictionary was made in 1992 by Birger Winsa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meänkieli, yksi Ruotsin vähemmistökielistä - Kielikello|url=https://www.kielikello.fi/-/meankieli-yksi-ruotsin-vahemmistokielista|access-date=2021-03-30|website=www.kielikello.fi|language=fi-FI}}</ref>

Revision as of 07:07, 28 September 2024

Gällivare dialects
Gällivare Finnish
Jellivaaranvarieteetti
Native toSweden
RegionGällivare
EthnicityTornedalians
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Traditional spread of the Meänkieli variants, including the Gällivare dialects

Gällivare dialects (Meänkieli: jellivaaranvarieteetti),[1] alternately Gällivare Finnish (Swedish:

Gällivarefinska, Finnish: Jellivaaransuomi) 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 dialect group of Finnish due to their mutual intangibility with Finnish. The Gällivare dialects are spoken around Gällivare, but also in Killivaara and Nattavaara.

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Meänkieli ↔ svenska ordbok". xn--sprk-soa.isof.se. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  2. ^ "Vi uppmärksammar tornedalingarnas dag". www.sigtuna.se (in Swedish). 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  3. ^ a b "Jällivaaran murteet". sokl.uef.fi. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  4. ^ "Meänkieli, yksi Ruotsin vähemmistökielistä - Kielikello". www.kielikello.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  5. ^ "Jällivaaran näyte". Kotimaisten kielten keskus (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-03-30.