Svealand Swedish ( sv, Sveamål) is one of the six major groupings of Swedish dialects, spoken in
Svealand.
A major characteristic of ''Svealand Swedish'' is the
coalescence of the
alveolar trill with following
dental and
alveolar consonants—also over word-boundaries—that transforms them into
retroflex consonants that in some cases reduces the distinction between words (as for instance ''vana—varna,'' i.e. "habit"—"warn"). This feature is also found in
East Norwegian,
North Swedish Norrland dialects ( sv, norrländska mål, links=no) 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 ...
and in some dialects of
Scottish Gaelic.
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A special development holds for ''rd'':
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One high-status
variety of Swedish, that of the capital region of
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
–
Uppsala, sometimes ambiguously designated as ''
rikssvenska
Standard Swedish () denotes Swedish as a spoken and written standard language. While Swedish as a written language is uniform and standardized, the spoken standard may vary considerably from region to region. Several prestige dialects have devel ...
'', belongs to ''Svealand Swedish'', though + → is employed instead of the traditional transformation to a flap.
Swedish dialects
Svealand
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