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   Scanian (linguistics)

   Scanian (skånska ) is a closely related group of dialects which formed part of the old Scandinavian dialect continuum, spoken mainly in the province Scania in Southern Sweden.
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   Scanian dialects

   As there is no Scanian language standard, the choice of words to be included is always under debate. ... Nordic Journal of Linguistics (2003), 26:1, 233-258.
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   Scania

   The Scanian horsts run in a North-West to South-West direction, marking the southwest border of Fennoscandia.
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   Dialect continuum

   The Germanic languages and dialects of Scandinavia are a classical example of a dialect continuum, from Swedish dialects of Finland, to Swedish, Gutniska, Älvdalsmål, Scanian, Danish, Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk), Faroese, Icelandic, as well as many local dialects of the respective languages. ... | Linguistics |
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   Kensington Runestone

   Codex Runicus, a vellum manuscript from c. 1300 containing one of the oldest and best preserved texts of the Scanian Law, was written entirely in runes. ... They are mainly natural scientists of Scandinavian descent with no knowledge of linguistics, and they have large numbers of adherents."
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   North Germanic languages

   Scanian dialect ... Nordic Journal of Linguistics (2005), 28: 223–245 Cambridge University Press.
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   Västergötland

   In 1658 the current borders of Sweden were established when Sweden annexed both the Scanian lands and Bohuslän.
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   Bornholm

   The intonation resembles the Scanian dialects spoken in the nearby Scania, the southernmost province of Sweden.
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   Götaland

   Gothia, Sweden, in 1635 (yellow outline), bordering Danish Scanian lands to the south and southwest (red outline), and Norway to the west (green outline).
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    Dialect

    Historical linguistics ... Scanian

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• Scanian (linguistics),
• Scanian dialects,
• Scania,
• Dialect continuum,
• Kensington Runestone,
• North Germanic languages,
• Västergötland,
• Bornholm,
• Götaland,
• Dialect