NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Gutnish language

Gutnish (Gutniska)
Spoken in:	Sweden
Region:	Gotlandia
Total speakers:	5,000-10,000
Ranking:	Not in top 100
Genetic classification:	Indo-European Germanic North Germanic West Scandinavian Swedish
Official status
Official language of:	Dialect of the Swedish language
Regulated by:	-
Language codes
ISO 639-1	sv
ISO 639-2	swe
SIL	SWD

Gutnish is a language of the eastern branch of the North Germanic languages, spoken on the island of Gotland. It is today a dialect of the Swedish language, and not recognized as a separate language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Germanic Languages (3010 words)
	Gutnish is a contemporary Eastern North Germanic language spoken on the island of Gotland.
	It is the official language of Sweden and is one of the official languages of Finland.
	West Norse is the western branch of the North Germanic languages used in Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands.

Wikipedia: Swedish language (1516 words)
	Swedish is one of the Scandinavian languages, a sub-group of the Germanic group of the Indo-European language family.
	Swedish is the national language of Sweden, mother tongue for the Sweden-born inhabitants (7,881,000) and acquired by nearly all immigrants (1,028,000) (figures according to official statistics for 2001).
	Swedish is the native language of the Åland Islands, an autonomous province of Finland.

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