  :To answer your first question: no, I have no wish to exclude Scanian from a description of Swedish, nor do I believe it belongs under Danish language. However, there's nothing unique about Scanian that you can't find in any number of regional variants of Swedish. None of them have received special attention that you attempted to insert in Swedish language. The only exception is Finland Swedish, which is unique in being form of Swedish that is official outside of Sweden. :I understand that you're eager to describe your own dialect, but both I and other users don't feel that Swedish language is the appropriate place for it. Especially not when there's both Swedish dialects and Scanian dialects. :I don't mind if you added a concise summary of the effects of the Swedish conquest of the East Danish provinces, but not with sub-standard sources like .   