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Swedish is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic branch of the Germanic languages. In the established classification, it belongs to the East Scandinavian languages, together with Danish, separating it from the West Scandinavian languages, consisting of Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian.
Old Swedish. A copy of Äldre Västgötalagen – a law code of Västergötland from the 1280s, one of the earliest texts in Swedish written in the Latin alphabet. Old Swedish is the term used for the medieval Swedish language, starting in 1225.
Jan 9, 2024 · Etymology [edit] From Swede + -ish. Cognate with Dutch Zweeds, German Schwedisch. Pronunciation [edit] A podcast talk to Swedish. enPR: swē'dĭsh, IPA : /ˈswiː.dɪʃ/
→ online translation: Swedish-English & other languages & web page • Engelsk ordbok : engelsk-svensk/svensk-engelsk (English-Swedish dictionary) (1992) • Loecsen : useful expressions Swedish-English (+ audio)
Apr 25, 2024 · Swedish language, the official language of Sweden and, with Finnish, one of the two national languages of Finland. Swedish belongs to the East Scandinavian group of North Germanic languages. Until World War II, it was also spoken in parts of Estonia and Latvia.
Dec 18, 2023 · Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) is the Swedish equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary. It is as of yet incomplete (about half-way through "A-TRIVSEL" as of March 2009) but is still the most extensive source of etymological information.
