Swedish dialect
Svealand Swedish (Swedish : Sveamål ) is one of the six major groupings of Swedish dialects, spoken in Svealand .
A major characteristic of Svealand Swedish is the coalescence of the alveolar trill with following dental and alveolar consonants —also over word-boundaries—that transforms them into retroflex consonants , which in some cases reduces the distinction between words (as for instance vana—varna, i.e. "habit"—"warn"). This feature is also found in East Norwegian , North Swedish and in some dialects of Scottish Gaelic .
/r/ + /l/ → [ɭ] /r/ + /n/ → [ɳ] /r/ + /s/ → [ʂ] /r/ + /t/ → [ʈ] A special development holds for rd :
The standard variety of Swedish, that of the capital region of Stockholm –Uppsala , is part of the Svealand dialect group, though /r/ + /d/ → [ɖ] is employed instead of the more typical transformation to a flap.
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