Talk:Dalecarlian dialects

There is some explanation necessary here: Dalecarlian is not a language, it is a group of dialects, whereas Elfdalian is a language in the sense that it has a standard form (orthography and grammar) and a body of literature, whereas Dalecarlian is not standardized, except if you regard Elfdalian as a standardized form of Dalecarlian. It is a bit similar to Norwegian language that is not a standardized language, whereas Bokmål is. Ideally, this article should only list the dialects and their distribution and give a short outline of their common features, whereas the Elfdalian article should describe the language in more detail including phonology etc.  Andreas  ^(T) 12:39, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Dalacarnian is more like the dalacarnian language, and Elfdalian, Orsamål, Moramål is different dialects of Dalacarnia. However, the different dialects sometimes have a hard time to understand each other. For example, a man that speaks orsamål does not always understand what a man who speaks elfdalian says. However, all of the Dalacarnian dialects have more in common with each other than compared to modern swedish.--Bamsejon (talk) 21:25, 24 February 2010 (UTC)