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Swedish has a large vowel inventory, with nine vowels distinguished in quality and to some degree in quantity, making 18 vowel phonemes in most dialects. Another notable feature is the pitch accent, a development which it shares with Norwegian. Swedish pronunciation of most consonants is similar to that of other Germanic languages.
There are 18 consonant phonemes, of which /ɧ/ and /r/ show considerable variation depending on both social and dialectal context.
Finland Swedish has a slightly different phonology.
depending on both social and dialectal context. Finland Swedish has a slightly different phonology. Swedish has nine vowels that, as in many other Germanic languages...
mock language – a semi-comprehensible gibberish supposedly mimicking Swedishphonology and prosody. The song's lyrics vary slightly from one episode to the...
to Old Swedish. However, among Swedish speakers in general, other regional standards are considered to be "dialects". Although Swedishphonology is theoretically...
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