Talk:Savo Finnish

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"The Savo dialect of Finnish is the largest dialect of the Finnish language." Does this mean it is larger than standard Finnish? --Krsont 20:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Not as far as I know. Everyone in Finland can read and write standard Finnish almost perfectly. But the spoken language is an altogether different matter. The spoken language in the Uusimaa, Eastern Uusimaa, Tavastia Proper and Päijänne Tavastia regions is very close to the normal spoken Finnish, which is different from standard Finnish (what Finns call kirjakieli, "book language"). If you go further west, east, or north, the spoken language becomes much more different. Most Finns in the four regions I mentioned aren't even aware they're speaking in a dialect, they think they speak in normal spoken Finnish. JIP | Talk 19:53, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't think the dual-verb construction "seistä toljotat" ("you stand there gawking") is in any way unique to Savo Finnish. I have used it myself lots of times and I don't speak Savo Finnish. JIP | Talk 19:53, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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