Torne Valley dialects

Torne Valley dialects (Finnish: Tornion murteet, Meänkieli: tornionlaaksonvarieteetti, Swedish: Tornedalsvarietet) are a Finnic variant spoken in Sweden and Finland. The form of the Torne Valley dialects in Finland are included as a part of the Peräpohjola dialect group, while the form in Sweden is included as the biggest one of the three variants of Meänkieli (also including Lannankieli and the Gällivare dialects), which in Sweden has an independent status from Finnish. Although the independent status of Meänkieli as a distinct Finnic language is sometimes disputed due to its high mutual intelligibility with Finnish.