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Return to ''[[Introduction to Swedish]]''.<br />
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The Swedish alphabet contains 28 letters: <br />
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Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Yy Zz Åå Ää Öö<br />
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'''Notes'''</br><br />
The last three letters, Å, Ä, and Ö, are regarded as distinct letters, separate from A and O. Whereas in English you might use the term "A - Z", in Swedish it would be "A - Ö". Unlike in English, Y is always a vowel, except in the case of some loanwords. For a time, W was part of the alphabet, treated as a variation of V, but it is no longer a part of it (it is still used however, in some loanwords).<br />
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==Special Characters==<br />
'''On a PC:'''<br />
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Alt+0229 = å</br><br />
Alt+0197 = Å</br><br />
Alt+0228 = ä</br><br />
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Alt+0196 = Ä</br><br />
Alt+0246 = ö</br><br />
Alt+0214 = Ö<br />
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'''On a Mac:'''<br />
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Option+a = å<br /><br />
Option+A = Å<br /><br />
Option+u to get ¨ then type a = ä<br /><br />
Option+u to get ¨ then type A = Ä<br /><br />
Option+u to get ¨ then type o = ö<br /><br />
Option+u to get ¨ then type O = Ö<br /><br />
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==The Vovels==<br />
Vovels are divided into hard and soft vovels:<br />
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''The hard vovels are:''<br />
a o u å<br />
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''The soft vovels are:''<br />
e i y ä ö<br />
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When reading new Swedish words you should pay attention to if the vovels are short or long.<br />
Each vovel has both a long and a short phonetic variant. The basic rule is that a vovel is short if it is followed by more than one consonant.<br />
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'''Examples of words with long vovels:'''<br />
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''Tal, sko, lur, vår, stel, bil, dyr, säl, öl''<br />
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'''Examples of words with short vovels:'''<br />
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''Tall, troll, surr, sånt, tenn, svinn, pynt, fält, trött''<br />
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==The Consonats==<br />
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Most cononants can be doubled.''<br />
k, is doubled with ck (Like in rock n' roll.<br />
c, sounds like s when not combined with k (Like bicycle). C does not occur doubled.<br />
z, q, and w are very uncommon letters but are used in names.<br />
m is not doubled at end of words with some exceptions.<br />
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'''Examples of words with doubled consonants:'''<br />
''flabb, ledd, klaff, ragg, back, pall, damm, spinn, kupp, pirr, triss, titt''<br />
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