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The Swedish Sign Language word for "part-time". Swedish Sign Language ( SSL; Swedish: Svenskt teckenspråk) is the sign language used in Sweden. It is recognized by the Swedish government as the country's official sign language, and hearing parents of deaf individuals are entitled to access state-sponsored classes that facilitate their learning ...
Map of the Swedish language in and around the Baltic Sea (typ2).png 4,128 × 7,959; 406 KB Map of the Swedish language in and around the Baltic Sea.svg 4,128 × 7,959; 1.31 MB Mar CasperSeip.jpg 600 × 699; 133 KB
The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages —a sub-family of the Indo-European languages —along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages. The language group is also referred to as the Nordic languages, a direct translation of the most common term used among Danish ...
e. Swedish as a foreign language is studied by about 40,000 people worldwide at the university level and by over one million people on Duolingo. It is taught at over two hundred universities and colleges in 38 countries. [1] Swedish is the Scandinavian language most studied abroad. Svenska Institutet ( The Swedish Institute) plays a key role in ...
The former name, Swedish Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research ( Swedish: Språk- och folkminnesinstituet) was changed to the current name. The institute consists of several, originally independent, units, located in different Swedish university towns. The central unit of the institute is located in Uppsala, with other ...
Gustav Vasa Bible in 1541 was the first complete Swedish translation of the Bible. Modern Swedish ( Swedish: nysvenska) is the linguistic term used for the Swedish language from the Bible translation of 1526 to the development of a common national language around 1880. The period can further be divided into Early Modern Swedish (1526–1750 ...
Estonian Swedish (Swedish: estlandssvenska; Estonian: rannarootsi keel, lit. 'Coastal Swedish') are the eastern varieties of Swedish that were spoken in the formerly Swedish-populated areas of Estonia (locally known as Aiboland) on the islands of Ormsö (Vormsi), Ösel (Saaremaa), Dagö (Hiiumaa) and Runö (Ruhnu), and the peninsula (former island) of Nuckö (Noarootsi), by the local Estonian ...
