Svealand Swedish () is one of the six major groupings of Swedish dialects, spoken in
Svealand
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.
A major characteristic of ''Svealand Swedish'' is the
coalescence
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of the
alveolar trill
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with following
dental and
alveolar consonant
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s—also over word-boundaries—that transforms them into
retroflex consonant
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s, which in some cases reduces the distinction between words (as for instance ''vana—varna,'' i.e. "habit"—"warn"). This feature is also found in
East Norwegian,
North Swedish
Norrland dialects () is one of the six major dialect groupings of the Swedish language. It comprises most dialects traditionally spoken in Norrland, except for those of Gästrikland and southern Hälsingland, which are usually classified as Sveala ...
and in some dialects of
Scottish Gaelic
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.
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A special development holds for ''rd'':
* + →
The standard
variety
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of Swedish, that of the capital region of
Stockholm
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–
Uppsala
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, is part of the Svealand dialect group, though + → is employed instead of the more typical transformation to a flap.
Swedish dialects
Svealand
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