Also Known As:
Dalska, Dalmaal
Dialects & Varieties
- Elfdalian
Recent Resources
Älvdalska bytes mot armhävningar/ Elfdalian exchanged for push-ups
Birger Nylén i Mora ville lära si
Lena Willemark reads Luke chapter 2 in Elfdalian, translation by Bengt Åkerberg.
Song in Elfdalian by the band Övdalsfuäk. Lyrics in standard orthography in the description.
Threatened
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~13,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 3
Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
3
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.