Scanian language

The Scanian ( Swedish : Skånska , Danish : Skånsk ) is a group of Scandinavian dialects , which in the Swedish countryside Scania (Skåne) are spoken. Until 1658, Skåne was one of the three parts of Denmark .

Scandinavian has a lot in common with both Danish and Swedish . This is due on the one hand to the geographical affiliation to Sweden and the Swedish language policy since 1658, on the other hand prosody and certain aspects of the pronunciation of Scandinavian can be assigned to Danish. Depending on how you look at it, Schonisch is referred to either as a South Swedish dialect because of its political affiliation or as an East Danish dialect because of its history and the majority of its characteristics .

Together with the Copenhagen dialect, Schonisch had a decisive influence on the development of the standard Danish language : The seat of the Danish archbishop was in Lund until the Reformation , and the first Danish translation of the Bible was mainly done by Scania. Denmark had to cede Skåne to Sweden in the Peace of Roskilde in 1658.

In Sweden, the term skånska is often used to describe not only the archaic and pronounced dialect, but also Imperial Swedish , spoken with Skåne prosody and phonetics . These include the suppository R and several diphthongs that otherwise do not appear in Swedish. From a social point of view, this very pronounced variant has a special status among the regional pronunciations of Swedish, as it has clear priority over the Stockholm pronunciation in Skåne, including in the cities. Also, Scania who move to other parts of the country do not lose their Skan pronunciation, and it is well accepted on radio, television and in academic life. By way of comparison, Småland , which differs much less from the imperial language, is often viewed as funny or unattractive.

In a broader sense, the Scandinavian language also includes the dialects of the historically Eastern Danish and, since the 17th century, Swedish landscapes of Halland and Blekinge, as well as Bornholmisch , the dialect of the Danish island of Bornholm .

See also

• Danish dialects
• Swedish language # dialects (with links to language samples)

Web links

• Skånsk ordlista , dictionary of the Scandinavian-Swedish dictionary

literature

• Oskar Bandle, Kurt Braunmüller et al. (Ed.): The Nordic Languages: An International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages, Vol. I. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2002–2003, pp. Xxvii, 1057 ff.
• Hans Basbøll: Prosody, Productivity and Word Structure: the Stød Pattern of Modern Danish. In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics. No. 26, 2003. Cambridge University Press, pp. 5-44, doi : 10.1017 / S033258650300101X
• Göran Hallberg: Kampen om skånskan. In: Språkvård 3/2003.
• Helmer Lång: Den bortglömda skånska literature. In: Assarsson, Broberg et al. (Ed.): 333-årsboken om Skånelandsregionen 1658–1991. Settern, Uddevalla 1991.
• Helmer Lång: Skånska språket. Klippan 2002.