Jutlandic, or jysk, is a term for the dialects of Danish spoken on the peninsula of Jutland.

Generally, Jutlandic has always been heavily influenced by German, especially in the lower regions of Western- and Southern Jutland. This shows by the amount of loanwords with little to no difference from the word's original German spelling/pronunciation, e.g. geschechte (story), taken from German Geschichte.

Historically, Jutlandic has always been an important factor in the "rivalry" between Zealand (the big island) and Jutland (the mainland); the islanders often believe Jutlandic to be somewhat of a "farmer-language".

Jutlandic— again, mostly in the Western and Southern regions, whereas Århus seems to be the least dialect-heavy area— has been traditionally hard to understand for people originating outside Jutland. This is likely due to such radical alternations of words, as a or æ instead of jeg (I). Jutlandic also has a tendency to remove more letters in words, than customary in other regional dialects, like am'n instead of jamen (roughly translated, "but"), or the E at the end of a word.

Reference

• Jysk Ordbog, by The Peter Skautrup Centre of Jutlandic Dialect Research at the University of Århus

See also

• Danish dialects