User:Granatäpplesoppa/Gutnish

Gutnish, or rarely Gutnic, is the original language spoken in Gotland. The different dialects of Gutnish, while stemming from the Old Gutnish variety of Old Norse, are sometimes considered part of modern Swedish. Gutnish exists in two variants, Mainland Gutnish, mostly spoken in the southern and southeastern portion of Gotland, where the dialect of Lau became the standard form on the Main Island, and Fårö Gutnish (Gutnish: Faroymal), spoken on the island of Fare.

Some features of Gutnish include the preservation of Old Norse diphthongs like ai in for instance stain (English: stone) and oy in for example doy (English: die). There is also a triphthong that exists in no other Norse languages: iau as in skiaute/skiauta (English: shoot).