Language
The extent of the Kalix Municipality is based on the traditional extent of the Kalix Language, although slight dialectal differences can be found from Sangis in the east, Töre in the west and Övermorjärv in the north. Today it is spoken along with Sami, Finnish, Meänkieli, Upper Kalix Language, and the national standard language Swedish, which has replaced the Kalix Language as common language in every day life. Like other North Germanic languages the Kalix Language origins from Old Norse and Proto-Norse, spoken by immigrating Germanic settlers during the Viking Age.
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