Swedish (endonym: svenska [ˈsvɛ̂nːska] ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts...
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Swedish is the official language of Sweden and is spoken by the vast majority of the 10.23 million inhabitants of the country. It is a North Germanic language...
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Finland Swedish or Fenno-Swedish (Swedish: finlandssvenska; Finnish: suomenruotsi) is a variety of the Swedish language and a closely related group of...
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Swedish Sign Language (STS; Swedish: Svenskt teckenspråk) is the sign language used in Sweden. It is recognized by the Swedish government as the country's...
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dialects Jämtland dialects East Swedish dialects Finland Swedish Estonian Swedish Dalecarlian language Elfdalian West Scandinavian Norwegian (disputed) Bokmål...
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Finnish). The Swedish language dominates commercial and cultural life in Sweden but did not officially become the country's main language until 2009, when...
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också officiellt språk i Sverige?" [Is Swedish also an official language in Sweden?] (in Swedish). Swedish Language Council. 1 February 2008. Archived from...
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country was 90. This is a list of Swedish-language newspapers with their respective cities of publication. Swedish newspaper circulation (number of copies...
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The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names—see below; Swedish: finlandssvenskar; Finnish: suomenruotsalaiset)...
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The Language Council of Sweden (Swedish: Språkrådet) is the primary regulatory body for the advancement and cultivation of the Swedish language. The council...
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specifically: Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language...
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The two main official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish. There are also several official minority languages: three variants of Sami, as well...
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outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland, alongside Swedish. In Sweden, both Finnish and Meänkieli (which has significant...
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Swedish Americans (Swedish: Svenskamerikaner) are Americans of Swedish descent. The history of Swedish Americans dates back to the early colonial times...
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This is a list of Swedish-language novelists, poets and other writers. Emmy Abrahamson (born 1976) Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979) Lars Ahlin (1915–1997) Luai...
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The Swedish Sign Language family is a language family of sign languages, including Swedish Sign Language, Portuguese Sign Language, Cape Verdian Sign Language...
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Old Norse (redirect from Runic Swedish)
there. The age of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland is strongly contested, but Swedish settlement had spread the language into the region by the...
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181–201. Hult, F.M. (2010). Swedish Television as a mechanism for language planning and policy. Language Problems and Language Planning, 34(2), 158–181....
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Swedish dialects are the various forms of the Swedish language, particularly those that differ considerably from Standard Swedish. The linguistic definition...
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dialectal context. Finland Swedish has a slightly different phonology. Swedish has nine vowels that, as in many other Germanic languages, exist in pairs of long...
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standard form; and Nynorsk) and Swedish are all descended from Old Norse, the common ancestor of all North Germanic languages spoken today. Thus, they are...
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The Swedish People's Party of Finland (SPP; Swedish: Svenska folkpartiet i Finland, SFP; Finnish: Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue, RKP) is a Finnish...
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Swedish is descended from Old Norse. Compared to its progenitor, Swedish grammar is much less characterized by inflection. Modern Swedish has two genders...
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the currency is sometimes referred to as the Swedish crown, as krona means "crown" in Swedish. The Swedish krona was the ninth-most traded currency in...
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delimiters. The Swedish alphabet (Swedish: Svenska alfabetet) is a basic element of the Latin writing system used for the Swedish language. The 29 letters...
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Finnish language for Swedish speakers in Finland is quite different from the meaning of the Swedish language for Finnish speakers. The status of Swedish as...
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Border (Swedish: Gräns) is a 2018 Swedish fantasy film directed by Ali Abbasi with a screenplay by Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf and John Ajvide Lindqvist based...
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Standard Swedish (standardsvenska, rikssvenska, högsvenska) denotes Swedish as a spoken and written standard language. While Swedish as a written language is...
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This is a list of radio stations in Sweden and elsewhere broadcasting exclusively or partly in the Swedish language. Sveriges Radio P1, talk and news Sveriges...
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Swedes (redirect from Swedish ethnic group)
Swedes (Swedish: svenskar), or Swedish people, are an ethnic group native to Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly...
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