Scanian language
The
Scanian language (also
Skånsk or
Skånska) is the distinct language indigenous to the region of southern
Sweden once known as
Terra Scania, now the Swedish region of
Skåne. Historically it was a dialect of
Danish, as Terra Scania itself was part of
Denmark. After Denmark lost the region to Sweden in
1658, the
Swedish language became the official language of Swedish Skåne.
Today, Scanian is spoken in
Skåne and in the Danish island of
Bornholm by 1,500,000 speakers (
1998 Scanian Regional Institute). The language is largely intelligible with both Danish and Swedish; as such, Swedes often call it "South Swedish", and Danes often call it "East Danish". The language is not officially recognized in Sweden, and the entire population in Sweden can speak and understand standard Swedish, albeit with a local dialectual pronunciation.
Like
Danish, Scanian is a
uvular R language, pronouncing the phoneme /r/ as a
uvular consonant rather than with the
alveolar and
retroflex articulation used in
Stockholm Swedish. Scanian Swedish is also spoken with a uvular R.
Category:Scania\nCategory:North Germanic languages\nCategory:Danish language Category:Swedish language\n\nCategory:Uvular R
