The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: DLC
ISO 639-2: gem
| Population | 1,500 (1996 Oesten Dahl). |
| Region | Upper Dalecarlia (Oevre Dalarna), especially Aelvdalen (Elfdal). |
| Alternate names | DALSKA, DALMAAL |
| Classification | Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Swedish. |
| Comments | Quite deviant from other varieties. Various dialects, some of which are reported to be unintelligible to each others' speakers. Bilingualism in Swedish. |
