Åland dialects
| Åland Swedish | |
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| Region | Åland |
| Ethnicity | Fennoswedes |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | alan1247 |
| IETF | sv-AX |
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Åland dialects (Swedish: åländska) are dialects of Swedish spoken in Åland, an autonomous province of Finland. The Åland dialects have similarities to both Finland Swedish and the historical dialects of Uppland, but are generally considered to be part of Eastern Swedish (östsvenska mål, varieties of Swedish spoken in Finland and Estonia).
Swedish is the sole official language of Åland, and its status is protected in the självstyrelselag, a law that guarantees the islands' autonomy within Finland.