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Is English replacing Swedish?
English words usually take on Swedish pronunciation, inflection, and sometimes even spelling as time goes on, such as ‘dejt’ and ‘strejk’. It’s relatively uncommon that they replace a Swedish word, with many describing wholly new phenomena ranging from cultural concepts to scientific discoveries.
Are Scandinavian languages dying?
The language is said to be spoken by as few as 10,000 people, the majority of which are of retired age, so there is a big risk of it dying out in the coming years.
Which Scandinavian language is most like English?
Swedish
Norwegian is closer to English than either Danish or Swedish. In fact, it’s often described as the easiest of the three languages to learn.
Scandinavians speak English well because it’s very similar to their native languages. The similarity includes not only related vocabulary, but also grammatical structures.
Can you live in Amsterdam without speaking Dutch?
You can stay here for as long as your tourist visa lasts without having to learn Dutch. And if you speak English, you will find that many Netherlanders speak English as a second language. But if you want to live in the Netherlands, you must learn Dutch.
Do you think English is a threat to the national local languages?
English is also seen as the language of the Internet and high tech and that definitely has a negative impact on other languages. Some people claim that the world’s linguistic diversity is less preserved because of English domination and that more local languages are declining each year.
What countries speak Dutch?
Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders) and Suriname. Dutch is also an official language of Aruba, Curaçao and St Maarten.
What language is closest to Dutch?
Its closest relative is the mutually intelligible daughter language Afrikaans. Other West Germanic languages related to Dutch are German, English and the Frisian languages and the un-standardised languages Low German and Yiddish.
Is Danish similar to Dutch or German?
Danish has been strongly influenced particularly in its pronunciation by Low German, which was also spoken in the Netherlands and Northern Germany (Saxony). High German was the variety of German that ‘won’ when German was standardised. Danish is however still a very different language from Dutch and German (which are quite similar).
What is the origin of the Danish language?
Danish has been strongly influenced particularly in its pronunciation by Low German, which was also spoken in the Netherlands and Northern Germany (Lower Saxony). High German was the variety of German that ‘won’ when German was standardised.
How well do Swedes understand Flemish?
(West Flemish is a dialect derived from Dutch and is spoken in a Belgian province as well as in the adjacent part of the Netherlands). The Swede answered … in Swedish. We both understood each other for, say, 30\%. I tried the same in Norway but it did not work at all.
How similar are Danish and Norwegian Bokmål similar?
Danish and Norwegian Bokmål are highly similar due to the latter being derived from the former. There is a heavy influence by Low German, which is closely related to Dutch, bringing a lot of similarities. However, Danish pronunciation is very deviant as opposed to Norwegian, which is much more straightforward.