Orsamål dialect

Orsamål
Ossmol
Spoken in	Sweden
Region	Orsa Municipality
Native speakers	about 500  (date missing)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic North Germanic East Scandinavian Dalecarlian Orsamål
Official status
Official language in	None
Regulated by	Ossmolslag [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Orsamål (ossmol) is a dialect of Dalecarlian. Orsamål is spoken within the Orsa municipality in northern Dalecarlia.

History

Dalecarlian is a North Germanic language that has probably existed since the Swedish language separated from Norwegian. Dalecarlian is divided into three geographical areas; Västerdalarna, Ovansiljan and Nedansiljan. Ovansiljan is then divided into seven dialects; Elfdalian, Orsamål, Våmhusmål, Venjansmål, Moramål, Sollerömål and Oremål. Solmål, Venjansmål and Våmhusmål often used to be included in Moramål, even if Våmhusmål is more reminiscent of Elfdalian. Oremål is more closely related to Moramål rather than Orsamål, even though Ore is geographicly closer to Orsa.