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Värmlandic Wikipedia

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submitted verification final decision
This proposal has been rejected.
This decision was taken by the language committee in accordance with the Language proposal policy based on the discussion on this page.

The closing committee member provided the following comment:

This language fails the requirements for eligibility described by the language proposal policy, specifically the requirement for an ISO 639-1–3 code. For more information on obtaining a code, see "Submitting ISO 639-3 Change Requests". —{admin} Pathoschild 20:57:36, 06 March 2008 (UTC)
Proposal summary
  • Language details: Värmlandic (värmlännskë, vrm ISO 639-3)
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Värmlandic is a great dialect in Sweden with ca 200,000 speakers. The Värmlandic language is very different from Swedish see this example:

  • Ałe talër bree Värmlännskë i rë Svänskë Hagfôrs.
  • Alla talar bred Värmlänska i det Svenska Hagfors.
  • All speak broad Värmlandic in the Swedish Hagfors.

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