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The Swedish Alphabet

Salim 2005 © Linguanaut.com

 

 

 

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Swedish Alphabet, Letters, Swedish Vowels, Consonants, Swedish Pronunciation, How to write in Swedish.

 

 

 

 

Aa as in the word “ask”, or “able”

Bb same as in English

Cc like “s” before “i” , “e” or “y”, otherwise like "k” in Creole.

Dd same as in English.

Ee as in “elevated” , “a” before “g”

Ff same as in English

Gg as in “s” in “pleasure” before e, i, y, ä or ö. Or “g” as in “God” elsewhere

Hh as in English like “Holiday”

Ii as in the word “ink”, never as in the word “island”

Jj like “j” without the “d” sound before it {job}.

Kk same as in English, sometimes sharper.

Ll like “l” in “life”.

Mm same as in English

Nn same as in English

Oo same as in English “Old” never as in “Hot” which is pronounced somehow like {hat}

Pp same as in English

Rr like the English in “brother” but rougher.

Ss same as in English

Tt same as “t”, sometimes as in “d”. 

Uu as in the “ultra”, never as in the word “up” or “university” 

Vv sounds like a “b”

Ww as in “v”.

Xx as “ks”.

Yy same as in English.

Zz as in “s”.

 

ch as “sh” before e, i, y, ä or ö, “chs” before a, o, å or u

å like in “ou”.

ä like in “ae” or the “a” in ache.

ö souds like the french “u” or the word “ultra”

 

There is no Q in Swedish nowadays.

 

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Swedish Alphabet, Letters, Swedish Vowels, Consonants, Swedish Pronunciation, How to write in Swedish.