Swedish dialects in Ostrobothnia

{{Short description|Linguistic variety of Swedish spoken in certain regions of Finland}}

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Ostrobothnian Swedish ({{langx|sv|österbottniska}}) is a variety of Finland-Swedish, spoken in Finland.{{Cite web |title=svenskan i Finland - Uppslagsverket Finland |url=https://www.uppslagsverket.fi/sv/sok/view-170045-SvenskanIFinland |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www.uppslagsverket.fi}}{{Cite web |title=Suomenruotsin murteet |url=https://www.kotus.fi/kielitieto/murteet/suomenruotsin_murteet |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Kotimaisten kielten keskus |language=fi}} Outside the autonomous island province of Åland, which is officially monolingually Swedish, Ostrobothnia is the only region of mainland Finland where Swedish-speakers are the majority (51%).[https://web.archive.org/web/20090612185805/http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi Väestö iän ja sukupuolen mukaan alueittain] 31.12.2008. Tilastokeskus: demography.