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Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 01:50:04 JST Glyn Moody

Runes prove Elfdalian is distinct ancient Nordic language, say researchers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/03/runes-prove-elfdalian-is-distinct-ancient-nordic-language-say-researchers "Linguists argue language spoken by 2,500 people in central Sweden is more than an esoteric dialect" #linguistics
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  Runes prove Elfdalian is distinct ancient Nordic language, say researchers
  
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  Linguists argue language spoken by 2,500 people in central Sweden is more than an esoteric dialect
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  Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 05:02:48 JST Glyn Moody
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  @troed yes, I thought it was before I read the article...
  
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  Troed Sångberg (troed@masto.sangberg.se)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 05:02:50 JST Troed Sångberg
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  @glynmoody "Elfdalian" sounds so Tolkien compared to the actual Swedish name "älvdalska".
  (And now I'll go look at the etymologi for the word "älv" - Swedish for "river" - and elfs)
  
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