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Heil og sæl in Icelandic and Norwegian (Old Norse: heill ok sæll, Old Swedish: hæl oc sæl, Early Modern Swedish: hell och säll), roughly meaning "healthy and happy", is an old Nordic greeting phrase which is still common on Iceland. Beyond Iceland, the phrase was also used in Sweden, up until around the 19th century.
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Studies on Italian speakers' pronunciation of English revealed the following characteristics: [51] [52] Tendency to realise /ŋ/ as [ŋɡ] ("singer" rhymes with "finger") or as because Italian [ŋ] is an allophone of /n/ before velar stops. Difficulty with English vowels /ɪ/ and /iː/ are pronounced (ship and sheep are homophones);
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The Sweden pronunciation is based primarily on Central Standard Swedish, and the Finland one on Helsinki pronunciation. Recordings and example transcriptions in this help are in Sweden Swedish, unless otherwise noted. See Swedish phonology and Swedish alphabet § Sound–spelling correspondences for a more thorough look at the sounds of Swedish.
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.