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Svenska Akademiens ordbok (Swedish: [ˈsvɛ̂nːska akadɛˈmiːns ˈûːɖbuːk]), abbreviated SAOB, is a historical dictionary of the Swedish language published by the Swedish Academy. It is the Swedish counterpart of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) or the Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB). Work on the dictionary started in 1787.
Thirteen editions (1889—2006) of Svenska Akademiens ordlista, the standard spelling dictionary of Swedish. Swedish orthography is the set of rules and conventions used for writing Swedish. The primary authority on Swedish orthography is Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL), a spelling dictionary published by the Swedish Academy. The balance ...
Svenska Akademiens ordlista (Swedish: [ˈsvɛ̂nːska akadɛˈmiːns ˈûːɖˌlɪsːta], "Word list of the Swedish Academy"), abbreviated SAOL, is a spelling dictionary published every few years by the Swedish Academy. [1] [2] [3] It is a single volume that is considered the final arbiter of Swedish spelling.
Söderwall's work mainly concerns Old Swedish. Between 1884 and 1918 he published a dictionary on Old Swedish, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltidsspråket, on behalf of Svenska fornskriftsällskapet. Following the success in the early work on this dictionary he was recruited by the Swedish Academy to work on Svenska Akademiens Ordbok (SAOB). The ...
Norrland dialects (Swedish: norrländska mål) is one of the six major dialect groupings of the Swedish language.It comprises most dialects traditionally spoken in Norrland, except for those of Gästrikland and southern Hälsingland, which are usually classified as Svealand Swedish, as well as those of Härjedalen and northernmost Jämtland, which are usually classified as Norwegian.
Värmländska refers to the indigenous speech varieties of the traditional Swedish province of Värmland.It is one of the dialects that form the group Götamål, as opposed to Sveamål, South Swedish dialects, Norrland dialects, Gutnish and Finland-Swedish dialects, in an often used classification of Swedish dialects.
In Swedish, the spelling simplifies the group -dt (in neuter forms) to -tt: god / godt (Danish, Norwegian) - god / gott (Swedish) = good. Definite and plural forms have the suffix -e in Danish and Norwegian, while -a in Swedish: svenske søer (Danish) - svenske sjøer (Bokmål) - svenske sjøar (Nynorsk) - svenska sjöar (Swedish) = Swedish lakes
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.