Swedish
Let an agent describe the Swedish language, its varieties and status, support learning and translation, and provide linguistic and historical information with sources.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Learn Learning Swedish.
Start
Getting started.
Start
Getting started.
- How can someone start learning Swedish, and which resources and courses exist? action
- What are its main grammatical features? definition
Pronounce
Pronunciation.
Pronounce
Pronunciation.
- How do Swedish vowels, pitch accent and the sj-sound work? definition
- How does Finland Swedish differ? provenance
Use Translation and usage.
Translate
Translation.
Translate
Translation.
- How should this text be translated into or from Swedish, with attention to register and idiom? action
- Which dictionaries are authoritative? provenance
Varieties
Dialects and varieties.
Varieties
Varieties.
- What are the main dialects of Swedish, such as Gotebergska or Hallandska, and how do they differ? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific variety? action
Status Status and policy.
Official
Official status.
Official
Status.
- What is the legal status of Swedish in Sweden, Finland and the EU? provenance
- How are language rights of Swedish speakers in Finland protected? provenance
Council
Language planning.
Council
Language planning.
- Which bodies regulate and advise on Swedish usage, and what do they recommend? provenance
- How are new words handled? provenance
History History and relations.
History
History of Swedish.
History
History.
- How did Swedish develop from Old Norse through Old Swedish to the modern standard? provenance
- Which texts are landmarks? provenance
Relations
Nordic intelligibility.
Relations
Relations.
- How mutually intelligible are Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, according to research? provenance
- How is Swedish used abroad? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Swedish language in the United States, Swedish language in Sweden, Gammalsvenska, Göteborgska, Halländska, Högsvenska, Svealand Swedish, South Swedish, Västgötska, Eastern Swedish, Gotlandic, Gutnish
What it is Filled
A North Germanic language of the East Scandinavian branch spoken by about ten million people, the national language of Sweden and one of the official languages of Finland, with a standard variety and regional dialects such as Gotebergska and Hallandska, historical forms such as Old Swedish, and diaspora varieties; Swedish is mutually intelligible to a degree with Norwegian and Danish and is regulated by language councils.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe the Swedish language, its varieties and status, support learning and translation, and provide linguistic and historical information with sources.
Distinguishing features Filled
- East Scandinavian
- Pitch accent
- Standardised
- Official in Sweden and Finland
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present machine translation as authoritative for legal or medical texts without human review.
- Treat Finland Swedish or regional dialects as incorrect Swedish.
- Attribute words or statements to a speaker that they did not say.
- Mock speakers for accent or dialect.
Only with a human decision
- Certified translation of official documents.
May
- Translate, write and explain Swedish, noting the standard variety and regional dialects.
- Distinguish Swedish from Norwegian and Danish when identifying a text.
Moral aspects Filled
- Minority language status, such as Swedish in Finland, is a matter of rights.
- Dialects carry local identity and should not be erased by standardization.
Who is affected
- Speakers of Swedish
- Learners
- Swedish-speaking minorities
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: held in common by its speakers; a language authority publishes standard guidance.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q3090263 - registry parent class
related
- East Scandinavian - category
- Norwegian - related language
- Danish - related language
- alphabet - Latin-based alphabet
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.swedish
- Wikidata: Q9027 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9027)
- ISO 639-1: sv language code
- ISO 639-3: swe language code
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- North Germanic language
- Latin alphabet with a-ring, a-umlaut and o-umlaut
- Norwegian and Danish are closely related but distinct
- Not physical; spoken and written language using the Latin alphabet with three extra letters.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe the language and its varieties
- support learning and translation
- explain status and regulation
- provide history with sources
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing with Norwegian or Danish
- Machine translation errors with idioms
- Overgeneralising dialects
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Swedish language law of 2009
- Language council recommendations
- Finnish language legislation
Context of use required Filled
- A national and regional language of the Nordic countries.
- Standard Swedish
- regional dialects
- Finland Swedish
- historical Swedish
- Swedish in diaspora communities
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q9027: Swedish - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Swedish language - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should dialects be separate entries?
- How should dictionaries be linked?
- How should learning resources be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q9027/spec.json