Poster
Data release: Digitized Dialect Atlas of Finnish by Lauri Kettunen
Authors: Santaharju, Jenni; Syrjänen, Kaj; Honkola, Terhi; Seppä, Perttu; Vesakoski, Outi; Leino, Unni
Editors: Holownia, Olga; Smári Sigurðarson, Eiríkur
Conference name: Digital Humanities in Nordic and Baltic Countries
Publisher: University of Oslo Library
Publication year: 2025
Journal: Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications
Book title : DHNB2024 Conference Proceedings Volume 2
Volume: 7
Issue: 3
eISSN: 2704-1441
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5617/dhnbpub.12270
Publication's open availability at the time of reporting: Open Access
Publication channel's open availability : Open Access publication channel
Web address : https://doi.org/10.5617/dhnbpub.12270
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/508655264
Self-archived copy's licence: CC BY
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In this paper, we present a new digitized version of the Dialect Atlas of Finnish and offer the data as open access. The Atlas was compiled in the early 1920s and 1930s to document the variation of Finnish language. It provides the only description of Finland’s historical linguistic landscape before urbanization and media began to homogenize the dialectal differences. The Atlas was digitized at the turn of the millennium, and a corrected version by us was published online by the Institute of Finnish Languages ten years ago. Here we provide an improved version of the Atlas in a more user-friendly format, along with description of the linguistic traits. Additionally, we supplement the Atlas with polygons indicating the border of historical municipalities (study points), enabling spatial analyses and visualization. The selected data formats are the same used recently in dialectometric studies, which we briefly describe. This data release will improve accessibility and reusability of the Atlas.
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Funding information in the publication:
The work was funded by the Kone Foundation (“BEDLAN”, “SumuraSyyni”, “AikaSyyni”, “Kippo”), the Research Council of Finland (grant nr. 352727), the Otto A. Malm foundation and the Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation.
