Swedish dialects in Ostrobothnia



Ostrobothnian Swedish (österbottniska) is a variety of Finland-Swedish, spoken in Finland. Outside the autonomous island province of Åland, which is officially monolingually Swedish, Ostrobothnia is the only region of mainland Finland where Swedish-speakers are the majority (51%).

Samples of dialects
Närpes-dialect recorded in 1982 by Ann-Marie Ivars (se file for transcription).



Vörå-dialect recorded in 1962 by Inga-Britt Donner.