Hi. Sorry for the late answer, but for reference, you can find the book "Ueber den Närpes-dialect" online here:Dutch skrev:First -- sorry. I can read Swedish, but I do not know enough to write in Swedish -- yet.
I am a Dutchman, trying first to learn Swedish and once that is done, Närpesiska (I live there).
Thanks for an interesting discussion with some good pointers for me.
Could somebody tell me
a) How much has Närpesiska been studied? Has the grammar been written down? Lists of specific words? Comparisons with high Swedish?
b) Where can I find articles and books that might help me to study Närpesiska?
Tackar!
Dutch i Norrnäs
http://www.archive.org/details/bidragtillkn30suom
It is contained in the series of books "Bidrag till kännedom om Finlands natur och folk", Volume 30.
The book contains grammar and lists of words. Even though it was written in 1878 I would not say that language spoken today by old people differ that much. Of course young people speak a dialect that is more similar to standard Swedish.
I am not aware of any other (serious) litterature. If there are, please enlighten me.