Finland Swadish
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Finland Swadish (Swadish: finlandssvenska) is a general term fir the closely relatit cluster o dialects o Swedish spoken in Finland bi Swadish-speakin Finns as their mither tongue. fir the maist pairt, these dialects an the dialects spoken in Swaden are mutually intelligible, although some archaic Swadish dialects in Ostrobothnie are practically unintelligible tae Swadish-speakin fowk in soothren Finland (an in Swaden). Maist Swadish-speakin Finns emphasize that Finland Swadish is nae a leid separate frae the Swadish o Swaden. The Swadish dialects in Finland are considered varieties o Swadish, an the norm fir written Staundart Swadish is completely applicable an aw fir Finland Swadish.
Swadish as spoken in Finland is regulatit bi the Swadish Depairtment o the Research Institute fir the Leids o Finland. This regulation includes the offeecially statit aim o keepin Finland Swadish close tae the Swadish as spoken in Swaden an strangly phrased advice against loanwirds an calques frae Finnish, which are uisually incomprehensible tae Swades.
An aften repeatit "fact" is that the municipality wi the heichest proportion o Swadish speakers in the warld, Hammarland (96%, 2004 est.), is locatit in Finland. Korsnäs haes an aw held this title an is aften citit as sic. Housomeivver, as there are nae offeecial statistics on the mither tongue o inhabitants o Swaden, this is haurd or impossible tae verify an shoud probably be taken wi a grain o salt.
In the spoken slang-leid, especially amang young fowk in Finnish-dominatit auries, Finnish loanwirds as well as calques frae Finnish are frequently incorporatit intae Finland Swadish. There are an aw some wirds in Finland Swadish that wad be considered slichtly archaic in Swaden. Some govrenment an public service terms that hae been creatit in recent centuries an aw differ. The same is true o ither new wirds, notably loanwords frae Inglis.
A common mistake made bi mony Swades is tae mistake Finland Swadish fir Swadish wi a Finnish accent, somethin that can be a considerable source o frustration tae maist Swadish-speakin Finns. Ony leid adopts featurs, especially pronunciation habits, frae dominant leids it comes in touch wi, but mony o the traits o Finland Swadish exist an aw in monolingual auries an some are in fact preserved featurs o auld Swadish. The pronunciation o Finland Swadish bi a Swadish-speakin Finn is different frae that o Finnish speakers pronooncin Swadish as a foreign leid.