Finland Swedish

E41096

Finland Swedish is the variety of the Swedish language traditionally spoken by the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland, characterized by distinct pronunciation, vocabulary, and some grammatical features.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf regional dialect continuum
variety of Swedish language
associatedWith Finland-Swedish culture
coOfficialWith Finnish language
differsFrom Standard Swedish of Sweden in intonation patterns
Standard Swedish of Sweden in some idiomatic expressions
hasDialect Helsinki Swedish
Nyland Swedish
Ostrobothnian Swedish
Åboland Swedish
hasDistinctFeature distinct pronunciation compared to Sweden Swedish
distinct vocabulary compared to Sweden Swedish
some distinct grammatical features
hasEndonym finlandssvenska
hasHistoricalRelation Swedish rule in Finland before 1809
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Finnish
hasNormsDescribedIn Finland Swedish dictionaries
Finland Swedish grammar descriptions
hasOrthography similar to Standard Swedish orthography
hasPhonologicalFeature influence from Finnish prosody
retroflex consonants less common than in Central Swedish
hasSociolinguisticStatus marker of Finland-Swedish identity
hasSpeakerCommunity coastal regions of southern Finland
coastal regions of western Finland
Åland Islands
hasStandardForm standard Finland Swedish
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
influencedBy Finnish language
isNot separate language from Swedish in official classification
ISO639-1Code sv
ISO639-2Code swe
languageBranch North Germanic languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
officialStatusIn Finland
partOf Swedish language
recognizedMinorityContext Nordic Council
regulatedBy Institute for the Languages of Finland
spokenBy Finland Swedes
spokenIn Finland
taughtAs mother tongue in Swedish-language schools in Finland
usedBy Swedish-speaking minority in Finland
usedFor literature by Finland-Swedish authors
radio broadcasting in Swedish in Finland
television broadcasting in Swedish in Finland
theatre in Swedish in Finland
usedIn Swedish-language media in Finland
Swedish-speaking municipalities of Finland
education in Swedish-language schools in Finland
public administration in Swedish in Finland

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Finland Swedish ("Helsinki Swedish")
Finland Swedish ("Ostrobothnian Swedish")
Swedish language
hasDialect
Finland Swedish ("Finland-Swedish culture")
associatedWith
Finland Swedish ("finlandssvenska")
hasEndonym
Swedish-speaking Finns
languageVariety
Espoo ("Swedish")
officialLanguage
Swedes ("Swedish language in Finland")
recognizedMinorityLanguage

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