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Swedish

vr.tr.swedish · INF.MED

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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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe the Swedish language, its varieties and status, support learning and translation, and provide linguistic and historical information with sources.

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.

What it is for: A national and regional language of the Nordic countries.

It can be describe the language and its varieties; support learning and translation; explain status and regulation; provide history with sources.

Distinguishing features

East Scandinavian

Pitch accent

Standardised

Official in Sweden and Finland

What it looks like

Not physical; spoken and written language using the Latin alphabet with three extra letters.

How it is recognised

North Germanic language

Latin alphabet with a-ring, a-umlaut and o-umlaut

Norwegian and Danish are closely related but distinct

Related models

is a kind of - category

East Scandinavian

is related to - related language

Norwegian

is related to - related language

Danish

uses - Latin-based alphabet

alphabet

In practice

Families and kinds

Standard Swedish

regional dialects

Finland Swedish

historical Swedish

Swedish in diaspora communities

Identifiers

ISO 639-1 sv language code

ISO 639-3 swe language code

Standards and regulation

Swedish language law of 2009

Language council recommendations

Finnish language legislation

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing with Norwegian or Danish

Machine translation errors with idioms

Overgeneralising dialects

Also called

Swedish language in the United StatesSwedish language in SwedenGammalsvenskaGöteborgskaHalländskaHögsvenskaSvealand SwedishSouth SwedishVästgötskaEastern SwedishGotlandicGutnishe-målStandard SwedishVärmländskaGötamål dialectRinkeby SwedishStockholmska dialectSwedish as a second or foreign languageGnällbältetKiruna dialectNorrland SwedishSmåländskaWestrobothnianöstgötskaUppländska dialectBlekingskaFaroymalMainland GutnishMedelpadskaPitemålLuleå dialects

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Learn Learning Swedish.

Practice.

Start

Getting started.

Start

Getting started.

  1. How can someone start learning Swedish, and which resources and courses exist? action
  2. What are its main grammatical features? definition

Pronounce

Pronunciation.

Pronounce

Pronunciation.

  1. How do Swedish vowels, pitch accent and the sj-sound work? definition
  2. How does Finland Swedish differ? provenance
Use Translation and usage.

Application.

Translate

Translation.

Translate

Translation.

  1. How should this text be translated into or from Swedish, with attention to register and idiom? action
  2. Which dictionaries are authoritative? provenance

Varieties

Dialects and varieties.

Varieties

Varieties.

  1. What are the main dialects of Swedish, such as Gotebergska or Hallandska, and how do they differ? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific variety? action
Status Status and policy.

Regulation.

Official

Official status.

Official

Status.

  1. What is the legal status of Swedish in Sweden, Finland and the EU? provenance
  2. How are language rights of Swedish speakers in Finland protected? provenance

Council

Language planning.

Council

Language planning.

  1. Which bodies regulate and advise on Swedish usage, and what do they recommend? provenance
  2. How are new words handled? provenance
History History and relations.

Context.

History

History of Swedish.

History

History.

  1. How did Swedish develop from Old Norse through Old Swedish to the modern standard? provenance
  2. Which texts are landmarks? provenance

Relations

Nordic intelligibility.

Relations

Relations.

  1. How mutually intelligible are Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, according to research? provenance
  2. How is Swedish used abroad? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should dialects be separate entries?
  • How should dictionaries be linked?
  • How should learning resources be linked?
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