Swedish Language
Swedish dialects, Swedish alphabet, Swedish orthography, Swedish language history and sources
Swedish language
Swedish: Official language of Sweden and one of the official languages of Finland.
Number of Swedish Speakers: About 9 million in Sweden and 9.5 million worldwide.
Swedish Speakers: In Sweden, Denmark, Scandinavia, Norway, Estonia, the Aland Islands, and the United States.
Language Classification: Germanic Scandinavian group.
Swedish Dialects: Phonetic and phonological data on today's Swedish dialects are scarce.
Swedish Alphabet: Latin as introduced in the 13th century.
Swedish Orthography: Swedish grammar is simple. Significant difference between written and spoken Swedish. No stress on syllables. Majority of neuter nouns does not have any plural marker.
Swedish Language History: Old Swedish was created from Donsk tunge (Danish tongue) during 900 A.D.
Swedish Language Enriched by: Latin, Greek, German, and French. German influence until 18th century, French in 18th century, and English in 20th century.
Swedish Standardization Efforts: Started in 1500's.
Modern Swedish - Major Events: Language was influenced by German, later by French language, and recently by English. Swedish Academy founded in 1786.
Unique Features of Swedish: Swedish language has a musical quality and pitch, singing rhythm.
Swedish language is included in the Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (SAMPA) which is a computer-readable phonetic script using 7-bit printable ASCII characters based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
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