The Dalecarlian alphabet consists of 32 letters, 25 derived from the
Swedish alphabet
The Swedish alphabet ( sv, Svenska alfabetet) is a basic element of the Latin writing system used for the Swedish language. The 29 letters of this alphabet are the modern 26-letter basic Latin alphabet (A through Z) plus Å, Ä, and Ö, in t ...
, and seven additional letters:
vowels with an
ogonek
The (; Polish: , "little tail", diminutive of ) is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the Latin alphabet used in several European languages, and directly under a vowel in several Native American languages. It i ...
diacritic, denoting nasality: (''Ąą'', ''Ęę'', ''Įį'', ''Ųų'', ''Y̨y̨'', and ''Ą̊ą̊'') as well as the consonant ''Ðð'' (eð), denoting
voiced dental fricative, as 'th' in 'father'. The letters ''Cc'', ''Qq'', ''Xx'' and ''Zz'' are only used in names and foreign words. The alphabet is used for
Elfdalian and for other
Dalecarlian dialects. The language up until recently and on a small scale today is written with
Dalecarlian runes
The Dalecarlian runes, or dalrunes, was a late version of the runic script that was in use in the Swedish province of Dalarna until the 20th century. The province has consequently been called the "last stronghold of the Germanic script".
Histor ...
.
Description
All except Ą̊ and ą̊ are available as characters in the
Unicode standard. Ą̊ and ą̊ can be produced by Ą or ą and a
combining mark "Ring Above" (U+030A)
References
Älvdalsk ortografi2015-07-10.
2015-07-10.
External links
Älvdalskt tangentbordElfdalian Keyboard (in Swedish)
See also
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Old Norse alphabet
The orthography of the Old Norse language was diverse, being written in both Runic and Latin alphabets, with many spelling conventions, variant letterforms, and unique letters and signs. In modern times, scholars established a standardized spellin ...
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Dalecarlian runes
The Dalecarlian runes, or dalrunes, was a late version of the runic script that was in use in the Swedish province of Dalarna until the 20th century. The province has consequently been called the "last stronghold of the Germanic script".
Histor ...
Latin alphabets
North Germanic languages
Languages of Sweden
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