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Elfdalian or Övdalian (''Övdalsk'' or ''Övdalską'' in Elfdalian, ''Älvdalska'' or ''Älvdalsmål'' in Swedish) is a North Germanic language or dialect spoken by up to 3,000 people who live or have grown up in the parish of Älvdalen (''Övdaln''), which is located in the southeastern part of Älvdalen Municipality in Northern Dalarna, Sweden. Like the other Nordic languages, Elfdalian developed from Old Norse, a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300. It developed in relative isolation since the Middle Ages and is considered to have remained closer to Old Norse than the other Dalecarlian dialects. Traditionally regarded as a Swedish dialect, Elfdalian is today regarded as a separate language by several linguists. A comprehensive Elfdalian–Swedish dictionary was published on the internet in September 2015.〔(Elfdalian–Swedish dictionary. ) Retrieved 1 October 2015.〕 ==Classification== Elfdalian belongs to the Northern branch/Upper Siljan branch of the Dalecarlian dialects or vernaculars, which in their turn evolved from Old Norse, from which Dalecarlian vernaculars might have split as early as in the 8th or 9th century AD,〔Levander, Lars, ''Dalmålet'', vol. 1, 1925, pp. 37–38.〕 i.e., approximately when the North Germanic languages split into Western and Eastern branches. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elfdalian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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