monolingually Swedish, Ostrobothnia is the only region of mainland Finland where Swedish-speakers are the majority (51%). Närpes-dialect recorded in 1982 by...

Ostrobothnia (Swedish: Österbotten; Finnish: Pohjanmaa) is a region in western Finland. It borders the regions of Central Ostrobothnia, South Ostrobothnia...

most part, these dialects and the dialects spoken in Sweden are mutually intelligible, although some archaic dialects in Ostrobothnia are practically unintelligible...

South Ostrobothnia (Finnish: Etelä-Pohjanmaa; Swedish: Södra Österbotten) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, Central...

Danish Swedish South Swedish dialects Scanian Göta dialects Gotland dialects Svealand dialects Norrland dialects Jämtland dialects East Swedish dialects Finland...

(Götaland) East Swedish Swedish dialects in Ostrobothnia Other dialects of Finland Swedish Estonian Swedish South Swedish Gutnish Old Gutnish † Modern Gutnish...

vääräleuka in standard Finnish). The Savonian dialects are of different origin than Western Finnish dialects. Savonian dialects form a dialect continuum...

dialect and accent of the speaker. Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in...

Norrland dialects (Swedish: norrländska mål) is one of the six major dialect groupings of the Swedish language. It comprises most dialects traditionally...

prestige dialects) that are used in official contexts. The major regional variants include those of South Sweden (based on South Swedish dialects), Western...

not connected to dialects or identity, which is a role fulfilled by the historical provinces of Sweden (Swedish: landskap). Sweden is today divided into...

Åland dialects (Swedish: åländska) are dialects of Swedish spoken in Åland, an autonomous province of Finland. The Åland dialects have similarities to...

Finland Swedish, which encompasses both a standard language and distinct dialects that are mutually intelligible with the dialects spoken in Sweden and,...

from Southern Ostrobothnia, Northern Finland, and Kainuu. Traditionally, the cheese has been called leipäjuusto mainly in Ostrobothnia and Lapland and...

dialects North Ostrobothnian dialects Peräpohjola dialects Torne dialects ("Meänkieli" in Sweden) Kemi dialects Kemijärvi dialects Gällivare dialects...

Ostrobothnian dialect (Finnish: Etelä-Pohjanmaan murre) is a Western Finnish dialect. It is traditionally spoken in the region of South Ostrobothnia and parts...

Savonia (Finnish: Savo, Swedish: Savolax) is a historical province in the east of Finland. It borders Tavastia, Ostrobothnia and Karelia. Savonia is now...

Ostrobothnian dialects (Finnish: Keski- ja Pohjois-Pohjanmaan murteet) are Western Finnish dialects spoken in Northern and Central Ostrobothnia, as well as in the...

The Estonian dialects are divided into two groups – the northern and southern dialects, historically associated with the cities of Tallinn in the north and...

Cajania (Swedish: Kajanaland), is one of the 19 regions of Finland (maakunta / landskap). Kainuu borders the regions of North Ostrobothnia, North Savo...

Savonians in the 16th century but historically belonged to Ostrobothnia County and Oulu Province. This allowed for a separate Kainuu identity to emerge in the...

Finnish and Swedish. The Swedish dialects spoken in Finland mainland are known as Finland-Swedish. There is a rich Finland-Swedish literature, including...

approximately 5% of the Finnish population. The coastal province of Ostrobothnia has a Swedish-speaking majority, whereas plenty of areas on this coastline are...

to the east, Murmansk Oblast to the north, Finland (Kainuu and North Ostrobothnia) to the west, and the Muyezersky and Segezhsky Districts of the Republic...

in Dutch, the masculine and the feminine have merged into a common gender in standard Swedish. But many dialects, mainly in Dalecarlia, Ostrobothnia (Finland)...

or Peräpohja; Swedish: Nordbotten or Överbotten; lit. 'Rear Bothnia') was the northernmost part of the historical province of Ostrobothnia, and has sometimes...

boundaries with an epenthetic vowel is a feature of several dialects, such as those of Ostrobothnia and Savonia: The neutral vowel is the same as the preceding...

Russian forces in Ostrobothnia. The socialists took control of southern Finland and Helsinki, but the white government continued in exile in Vaasa. This...

Oulainen (Swedish: Oulainen, also Oulais) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region, 101 kilometres (63 mi)...

yä and iä. The Central and North Ostrobothnian dialects have been influenced by the Savonian dialects. They have changed the written Finnish sound of...