Lannankieli
Variant of Meänkieli
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Lannankieli is one of the three variants of Meänkieli, including the Torne valley variant and the Gällivare dialects.[1] Lannankieli is mutually integible with the two other variants of Meänkieli, however there exists some lexical differences.[2]
| Lannankieli | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Sweden |
| Region | Kiruna |
| Ethnicity | Lantalaiset |
Uralic
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| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Traditional spread of the Meänkieli variants, including Lannankieli | |
Details
Lannankieli is spoken around the towns of Jukkasjärvi, Kurravaara and Kiruna, and there have been efforts to support the variant of Meänkieli.[3][2][4] And there have been attempts to create Meänkieli literature specifically in the Lannankieli variant.[5] However, despite this, Lannankieli alongside Gällivare dialects are more vulnerable than the Torneo Valley variant of Meänkieli.[6]
Features
Lannankieli has several unique features, including but not limited to:
- Passive form in place of the third person plural ending
- the -et ending: huonet, venet instead of huone, vene
- Triphthongs: tieitten, työissä, viei
- K:J consonant gradation: väki - väjen
- K:V consonant gradation: joki - joven
- short vowel after metathesis-h: hiithen instead of hiitheen
In the Kaalasvuoma dialect unstressed -o also becomes -u, like in Gällivare.[7]