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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. |
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Aa as in the word “ask”, or “able” |
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Bb same as in English |
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Cc like “s” before “i” , “e” or “y”, otherwise like "k” in Creole. |
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Dd same as in English. |
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Ee as in “elevated” , “a” before “g” |
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Ff same as in English |
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Gg as in “s” in “pleasure” before e, i, y, ä or ö. Or “g” as in “God” elsewhere |
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Hh as in English like “Holiday” |
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Ii as in the word “ink”, never as in the word “island” |
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Jj like “j” without the “d” sound before it {job}. |
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Kk same as in English, sometimes sharper. |
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Ll like “l” in “life”. |
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Mm same as in English |
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Nn same as in English |
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Oo same as in English “Old” never as in “Hot” which is pronounced somehow like {hat} |
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Pp same as in English |
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Rr like the English in “brother” but rougher. |
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Ss same as in English |
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Tt same as “t”, sometimes as in “d”. |
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Uu as in the “ultra”, never as in the word “up” or “university” |
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Vv sounds like a “b” |
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Ww as in “v”. |
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Xx as “ks”. |
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Yy same as in English. |
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Zz as in “s”. |
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ch as “sh” before e, i, y, ä or ö, “chs” before a, o, å or u |
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å like in “ou”. |
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ä like in “ae” or the “a” in ache. |
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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. |