Gällivare dialects

Gällivare dialects, alternately Gällivare Finnish (Swedish: Gällivarefinska, Finnish: Jellivaaransuomi) or, in more colloquial Swedish, village Finnish (byfinska), are a dialect group of Meänkieli or Northern Finnish. They are spoken around Gällivare, but also in Killivaara and Nattavaara.

Features of the dialects are absence of Vowel harmony: kyla 'village' (Meänkieli and Finnish: kylä), and the passive being used for the third person plural ending: äijät poltethin (Finnish: ukot polttivat). The dialect is also heavily influenced by Swedish and many loanwords have entered the Gällivare dialects. A Gällivare dialect dictionary was made in 1992 by Birger Winsa.