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I speak the local dialect of my hometown. It differs from the main Swedish mostly because we in many cases don't pronounce the last vowel in many words. For example, the Swedish word for "not" is "inte" but we say "int". Also the sj-sound differs, many people point that out when I talk. I often get compliments for my dialect when I talk to Swedes from other parts of the country.
I also talk the old rural dialect who was speaken there. I didn't grow up with the rural dialect, but I have picked it up from hearing people speak it and listen to all the audio and video clips that people have uploaded on the internet. That dialect have slowly died out due to urbanization, but it is on the way back. There are a lot of people who are working to preserve it. As it is an important part of the regional culture and identity. You can even take courses to learn it, and in some primary schools they have that as an alternative to learn Spanish, French or German.
I can post some dialect words and expressions later.
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