Standard Swedish

Standard Swedish (standardsvenska, rikssvenska or högsvenska) denotes Swedish as a spoken and written standard language in Sweden and Finland. While Swedish as a written language is uniform and standardized, acquiring proficiency in Swedish is somewhat complicated by the existence of at least three prestige dialects, in the meaning that the speakers of their respective speech communities do not usually consider other varieties of spoken Swedish to be more prestigious.

Related Topics:
Swedish - Standard language - Sweden - Finland - Prestige dialect - Speech communities

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