Peräpohjola dialects

[1] However, due to primarily historical, political and sociological reasons, some traditional Peräpohja dialects have been granted the status of independent Finnic languages in Sweden and Norway.

However, the status of these two Finnic variants as their own languages is still sometimes disputed due to their close mutual integibility with Finnish.

Epenthetic vowels (tyhjä - tyhyjä) are not common although found in southern Tornio dialects.

There are no vowel or diphthong changes, a Western/standard feature, but there is a general gemination of consonants in short initial syllables (e.g. standard makaa is makkaa), as in Oulu and Eastern dialects.

are Eastern-like, while met and meän (me and meidän, "we" and "our(s)") and tet and teän (te and teidän, you (pl.)

In Sweden they are spoken in Haparanda, Hedenäset, Junosuando, Karesuando, Karungi, Korpilombolo, Pajala, Tärendö, Vittangi, and Övertorneå.

[9] Ruija dialects are spoken in Northern Norway in Alta, Kvænangen, Lyngen, Porsanger, Nordreisa and Vadsø.