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Dalecarlian is a group of dialects or unofficial languages spoken in Dalecarlia, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. The most prominent is Elfdalian.

The group is as follows:

Old Swedish
Old Swedish
Old Swedish is the name for two separate stages of the Swedish language that were spoken in the Middle Ages: Early Old Swedish , spoken from around 1225 until 1375, and Late Old Swedish , spoken from 1375 until 1526.Old Swedish developed from Old East Norse, the eastern dialect of Old Norse...
- Dalecarlian
  - Dalecarlian (the dialect of Dalarna
    Dalarna
    ', English exonym: Dalecarlia, is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. Another English language form established in literature is the Dales. Places involving the element Dalecarlia exist in the United States....
    
    )
    - OvanSiljan
      - Orsamål
        Orsamål dialect
        Orsamål is a dialect of Dalecarlian. Orsamål is spoken within the Orsa municipality in northern Dalecarlia.-History:Dalecarlian is a North Germanic language that has probably existed since the Swedish language separated from Norwegian. Dalecarlian is divided into three geographical areas;...
      - Elfdalian
      - Våmhusmål
      - Sollerömål
      - Venjansmål
      - Moramål
      - Oremål
    - NedanSiljan
      - Bodamål
      - Rättviksmål
      - Siljansnäsmål
      - Leksandsmål
      - Bjursmål
      - Ålmål
      - Gagnefsmål
    - VästerDalarna
      - Transtrandsmål
      - Limamål
      - Malungsmål
      - Äppelbomål
      - Järnamål
      - Flodamål
      - Nåsmål

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