Jämtland dialects

Jämtland dialects
Jamtish
jamska, jamtska
RegionJämtland
Native speakers
(30,000 cited 2000)
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
jmk (retired ISO code)
Glottologjamt1238
IETFgmq-u-sd-sez
Jämtland in northern Sweden

Jämtland dialects (endonym jamska [ˈjâmskɐ᷈]; Swedish: jämtska, jämtmål) are a group of North Germanic dialects spoken in the Swedish province of Jämtland. In the eastern part of Jämtland the dialects are transitional to those of Ångermanland. The dialect group is commonly regarded and treated as a single entity. Some people consider it a language separate from Swedish.

The dialects share many characteristics with Trøndersk — the dialect spoken to the west in Norwegian Trøndelag, and has historically sometimes been considered to be Norwegian in origin. The current view in Scandinavian dialectology, however, is that the they belong either in the East or West Scandinavian branch.