SOUNDS IN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES Swedish and danish The

SOUNDS IN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES Swedish and danish

The alphabetes The swedish alphabet The danish alphabet A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Æ, Ø, Å

Swedish Amount of speakers: Ca 10 million The king of Sweden>

Danish Amount of speakers: Ca 6 million The queen of Denmark >

Language families Language family: Indo-European >germanic

Unique phonemes Swedish • The swedish ”u” sound (ʉ: and ɵ) • The ”ɧ” phoneme (can be spelled like sj, sch, skj, sk etc in swedish) Danish • The danish ”stød” – sound (◌ˀ or◌ �) How are these sounds pronounced?

Common phonemes Phoneme Swedish letter Danish letter Example; swedish word Example; danish word Example; english word spanish word ɑ: A, a Barn, Glas Barn Father - a A, a Glass Kat - Hablo o: Å, å or O, o Måla, Son Kone - - œ Ö, ö Ø, ø Fönster Bønne - -

Different pronunciations • The letters ”G” and ”K” • The letter ”R”

Phrases in swedish and danish English I love you What is your name? Where are you from? You are wonderful Swedish Jag älskar dig Vad heter du? Vart kommer du ifrån? Du är underbar Danish Jeg elsker dig Hvad er dit navn? Hvor kommer du fra? Du er dejlig

Skånska Accent in southern Sweden

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