What is Swedana?
The Swedish language (Svenska) is mainly used in Sweden, Finland (especially & Aring; land), and the eastern coast of Estonia. Swedish belongs to Eastern Scandinavian, which belongs to the Germanic family of Indo-European languages.
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- Svenska is mainly used in Sweden,
- Swedish and
- Swedish is the official language of Sweden and is also a native of the country (7,881,000)
- There are many Swedish
- Swedish nouns, adjectives,
- Although not explicitly stated,
- More than one accent (
- There are 28 letters in Swedish: 26 of the Latin letters excluding 'W', plus 3 of & Aring; / & aring ;, & Auml; / & auml; and & Ouml; / & ouml ;. These 3 letters are after z. 'W' is not a separate letter, but a variant of 'v', used for person names, place names, and foreign words (such as "bowling"). Diacritic, attached to letters, is not common in Swedish, it is only found in people's place names and foreign words. German u is a variant of y.
- Old Norse and Old Swedish originally used the Futhark. It was gradually replaced by the Latin alphabet in the Middle Ages.
- Examples
- Swedish: svenska
- Hello: hej / hejsan
- Goodbye: hej då (hey-doh) / adjö
- Thank you: tack (tahck)
- That: den där (den dehr)
- How many? : Hur mycket (huwr muwk-eh)
- English: engelska (eng-el-skah)
- Yes: ja (ya)
- No: nej (neigh)