Swedish, Kalix
Facts
- Language: Swedish, Kalix
- Alternate names: Kölismåle
- Language code: dswex
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, North Germanic, North Scandinavian, East-Central Swedic, East Swedic
- Dialect of: Swedish
- Number of speakers: 5,000–10,000
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
The Kalix Swedish Language is linguistic varietyof Standard Swedish language. It is spoken in the Kalix Municipality along with Sami, Finnish, Meänkieli? and the national standard language Swedish.
The verb
Verbs are conjugated in singular and plural, unlike modern standard Swedish:
- "hån jär" (he is) but "di jåra" (they are),
- "hö löut se" (she leans herself) but "di lö:ut se" (they lean themselves),
- "je far" (I go) but "we fåra" (we go),
- "je vil" (I want) but "di vili" (they want).
But there are irregular verbs which does not differ, e.g. "je liot fåra" (I have to go) / "we liot fåra" (we have to go).