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Lexin is an online Swedish and Norwegian lexicon that can translate between Swedish or Norwegian and a number of other languages. Its original use was to help immigrants translate between their native languages and Swedish, but at least the English-Swedish-English lexicons are so complete that many Swedes use them for everyday use.
In Norwegian, the system is generally the same, but some common words optionally use special feminine gender declension patterns, which have been preserved from Old Norse in Norwegian dialects and were re-introduced into the written language by the language reforms of the early 20th century.
Norrland dialects (Swedish: norrländska mål) is one of the six major dialect groupings of the Swedish language.It comprises most dialects traditionally spoken in Norrland, except for those of Gästrikland and southern Hälsingland, which are usually classified as Svealand Swedish, as well as those of Härjedalen and northernmost Jämtland, which are usually classified as Norwegian.
Samples from these areas: Jämtland, Föllinge socken [3] (related to Norrland dialects), Dalarna, Älvdalens socken [4] (related to Svealand dialects) and Värmland, Nordmarks härad, Töcksmarks socken [5] (related to Götaland dialects). The dialects of this category have in common that they all show more or less strong Norwegian influences ...
In Old Norwegian, most verbs had an infinitive ending (-a), and likewise in a modern Norwegian dialect, most of the verbs of the dialect either have or would have had an infinitive ending. There are five varieties of the infinitive ending in Norwegian dialects, constituting two groups: One ending (western dialects)
However, some scholars speculate that there might have been certain dialect differences within the Nordic language area as early as the Proto-Nordic period. [10] The term Swedish is not mentioned specifically in any source until the first half of the 14th century, [10] and no standard spoken language had developed in either Sweden or Denmark ...
Like all other central Scandinavian dialects (Trønder dialects, east Norwegian dialects, Norrland dialects, some Finland Swedish dialects), the most characteristic feature of the Jämtland dialects is vowel balance, an event that caused the vowel endings after heavy syllables to weaken and later even drop entirely in some dialects moving the ...
The dialects are traditionally regarded as part of the Svealand dialect group. [6] Officially, they are considered Swedish dialects due to being spoken in a region where Swedish is an official language today. The Swedish government nevertheless acknowledges that the dialects have developed independently from Old Norse, and not from Swedish ...