Götamål dialect

Götamål is one of the six different dialect areas of the Swedish language, mostly heard in Västergötland, Dalsland, northern Halland, northern Småland and Östergötland although it is also heard in Bohuslän and Värmland and Öland. Examples of Götamål features are vowel reduction, vowel shortening in front of endings and loss of—r in suffixes (as in hästa' (hästar = horses)). In addition, connect adjacent areas, mainly Dalsland, northern Småland and Östergötland southwest. Värmland can also be counted here, although its dialects in many ways is a special case.

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Swedish language

Variants	Standard Swedish Finland Swedish Åland Swedish

Dialects	Gotländska mål Götamål Norrländska mål: Kirunamål Jämtska Kalixmål Westrobothnian Östsvenska mål: Ostrobothnian Estonian Swedish Sveamål: Stockholmska Rinkebysvenska Uppländska Gnällbältet Sydsvenska mål: Skånska Småländska

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Götamål dialect

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