The Dalecarlian alphabet consists of 32 letters, 25 derived from the

Swedish alphabet The Swedish alphabet () is a basic element of the Latin writing system used for the Swedish language. The 29 letters of this alphabet are the modern 26-letter basic Latin alphabet ( to ) plus , , and , in that order. It contains 20 consonants a ...

, and seven additional letters:

vowels A vowel is a speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract, forming the nucleus of a syllable. Vowels are one of the two principal classes of speech sounds, the other being the consonant. Vowels vary in quality, in loudness a ...

with an

ogonek The tail or ( ; Polish: , "little tail", diminutive of ) is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the Latin alphabet used in several European languages, and directly under a vowel in several Native American langu ...

diacritic, denoting nasality: (''Ąą'', ''Ęę'', ''Įį'', ''Ųų'', ''Y̨y̨'', and ''Ą̊ą̊'') as well as the consonant ''Ðð'' (eð), denoting

voiced dental fricative The voiced dental fricative is a consonant sound used in some spoken languages. It is familiar to English-speakers as the ''th'' sound in ''father''. Its symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is eth, or and was taken from the Old Engl ...

, as 'th' in 'father'. The letters ''Cc'', ''Qq'', ''Xx'' and ''Zz'' are only used in names and foreign words. The alphabet is used for Elfdalian and for other

Dalecarlian dialects Dalecarlian () is a group of North Germanic varieties spoken in Dalarna County, Sweden. Some Dalecarlian varieties can be regarded as part of the Swedish dialect group in Gästrikland, Uppland, and northern and eastern Västmanland. Others repr ...

. The language up until recently and on a small scale today is written with Dalecarlian runes.

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Älvdalsk ortografi
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Älvdalskt tangentbord
Elfdalian Keyboard (in Swedish)

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