Swedish, Östnyylendskå
Facts
- Language: Swedish, Östnyylendskå
- Alternate names:
- Language code: dswey
- 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: ?
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Östnyylendskå is an archaic Swedish dialect spoken in the environs of Lovisa ca.70-110 km. east of Helsinki, Finland.
The language has evolved from the language spoken by the Swedish that settled the area under late XIII century. Some parts of the language have traces of a language older than Runic Swedish. In particular the preservation of the Old Scandinavian diphthongs [ei] as in stein ('stone'), [öü] < /au/ as in höugär ('high'), and [öy] as in ti röyk ('to smoke') . The former diphthong has been preserved almost consistent, while the latter two are often matched by a monophthong MONOPHTHONG öögå ('eye'), hööst ('autumn'), tjööft ('bought'), and höörd ('heard').
The verb
The Östnyylendskå verb is inflected in:
- two tenses: present and past
- two compound tenses: prefect and pluperfect
Verbs are not inflected in person and number.
Strong verbs have traces of umlaut in the root vowel that had already been levelled in Old Swedish?. E.g., broken */e/ in ti bjär(a) ('to bear').
| Infinitive | Present | Past | Perfect | Standard Swedidsh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ti blii | bliir | blei | ha blivi | bli |
| ti taa | taar | too | ha tajji | ta |
| ti peikk | peikar | peikka | ha peikka | peka |
| ti byyt | byytär | byytt | ha byytt (byti ?) | byta |
| ti föör | föör | föörd | ha föörd | föra |
| ti sjili | sjil | sjilld | ha sjilld | skilja |
| ti seli | sel | sååld | ha sååld | sälja |
| ti let | letär | let | ha leti | låta |
| ti fall | fallär | full | ha falli | falla |
| ti hitt | hittar | hitta | ha hitta | hitta |