Gutnish
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Gutnish ( ), or rarely Gutnic ( or ), is a North Germanic language spoken sporadically on the islands of Gotland and Fårö. The different dialects of Gutnish, while stemming from the Old Gutnish () variety of Old Norse, are sometimes considered part of modern Swedish. Gutnish exists in two variants, Mainland Gutnish (Storlandsgutamål or Storlandsmål), mostly spoken in the southern and southeastern portion of Gotland, where the dialect of Lau became the standard form on the Main Island (Lau Gutnish → Laumål), and Fårö Gutnish (Gutnish: Faroymal; ), spoken on the island of Fårö. UNESCO defines Gu
Key facts
- Language.name
- Gutnish
- Language.states
- Sweden
- Language.region
- Gotland, Fårö
- Language.speakers
- ~2,000–5,000
- Language.date
- 1998
- Language.familycolor
- Indo-European
- Language.fam2
- Germanic
- Language.fam3
- North Germanic
- Language.fam4
- East Scandinavian
- Language.ancestor
- Old Norse
- Language.ancestor2
- Old East Norse
- Language.ancestor3
- Old Gutnish
- Language.iso3
- none
- Language.linglist
- swe-lau
- Language.glotto
- gutn1238
- Language.glottorefname
- Archaic Gutnish
- Language.glotto2
- laum1238
- Language.glottorefname2
- Laumål
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Wikidata facts
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- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 2000
- P10369
- 3535 Ditte
- native label
- Gutamål
- Commons category
- Gutnish language
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9 sectionsContents
- Phonology
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Lexicon
- Status
- Examples
- Notes
- References
- External links
Gutnish ( ), or rarely Gutnic ( or ), is a North Germanic language spoken sporadically on the islands of Gotland and Fårö. The different dialects of Gutnish, while stemming from the Old Gutnish () variety of Old Norse, are sometimes considered part of modern Swedish. Gutnish exists in two variants, Mainland Gutnish (Storlandsgutamål or Storlandsmål), mostly spoken in the southern and southeastern portion of Gotland, where the dialect of Lau became the standard form on the Main Island (Lau Gutnish → Laumål), and Fårö Gutnish (Gutnish: Faroymal; ), spoken on the island of Fårö. UNESCO defines Gutnish as a "definitely endangered language" as of 2010.
Some features of Gutnish include the preservation of Old Norse diphthongs like ai in for instance (; English: stone) and oy in for example (; English: die). There is also a triphthong that exists in no other Norse languages: iau as in / (; English: shoot).