In recent 20 years, Swedes speak English so fluently and it shows the tendency that English will replace Swedish as the official language of Sweden. So, I think Swedish will not be official language anymore because it is replaced by English.
Shall Sweden adopt "English" as official language?
They are fluent at Swedish, and use Swedish as their main language. Why would they switch to English as their main language?
But their accent is still very foreign-sounding, too cold and Germanic.
And I hate their devoiced consonants which makes Lies and Lice pronounced the same, also they don't care about Flesh/Flash vowel differences...
And I hate their devoiced consonants which makes Lies and Lice pronounced the same, also they don't care about Flesh/Flash vowel differences...
I don't think so English is going to be Offial Language in Sweden. People can speak English so fluently but this is not a reason to Change the official language.
Several experts in languages say that there will be only some 20-25 languages in the year 2300.
If that is true, I doubt that Swedish will be one of them. They will probably speak English (or Arabic or Chinese, etc) but not Swedish
If that is true, I doubt that Swedish will be one of them. They will probably speak English (or Arabic or Chinese, etc) but not Swedish
Yeah, right.
Probably some experts said the same 300 years ago, and here we are. Languages in Europe tend not to vanish that easily.
Too bad none of us will be here to say "I told you so".
Probably some experts said the same 300 years ago, and here we are. Languages in Europe tend not to vanish that easily.
Too bad none of us will be here to say "I told you so".
I will be here to say that. I am working on using my fortune to get a biotech company to implant my memories and brain function into a chip which will be connected to a supercomputer. Thus, I refute thy claims.
Language only changes when political borders change, and thus the educational language. Sweden has Swedish as it's official language and Swedish are better at Swedish than they are at English. It's not because Swedish is heavily influenced by English that it will disappear as a language.
English neither has become Latin or French did it?
English neither has become Latin or French did it?
Also, anglophones who live here speak Dutch for instance. The most important language in Flander is Dutch, the most important language of Sweden is Swedish.
People don't respect English speakers when they type stuff like "English please" on youtube vids in other languages.
People don't respect English speakers when they type stuff like "English please" on youtube vids in other languages.
Using English won't result in the death of Swedish, far from it, even if 100% people in the country were fully bilingual.
"It's not because Swedish is heavily influenced by English that it will disappear as a language."
Swedish is less influenced by English than most other European languages.
'Computer' is 'Computer' in Italian or German.
In Swedish 'computer' is 'dator'.
'Datorn' = 'the computer'
Swedish cannot disappear because it is backed by a rich culture and potent literature and has a perfect command of modern world and technologies — as much or even better than German or French.
Gaelic and Welsh will disappear, Philippines and Nigeria will be 100% natively English speaking (as well as 50% of India) long before a sizeable minority of Sweden switches to English.
If English wasn't able to eliminate Afrikaans from Zuid-Afrika, how is it going to displace Swedish from Sweden? This is nonsense.
Swedish is less influenced by English than most other European languages.
'Computer' is 'Computer' in Italian or German.
In Swedish 'computer' is 'dator'.
'Datorn' = 'the computer'
Swedish cannot disappear because it is backed by a rich culture and potent literature and has a perfect command of modern world and technologies — as much or even better than German or French.
Gaelic and Welsh will disappear, Philippines and Nigeria will be 100% natively English speaking (as well as 50% of India) long before a sizeable minority of Sweden switches to English.
If English wasn't able to eliminate Afrikaans from Zuid-Afrika, how is it going to displace Swedish from Sweden? This is nonsense.
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In technology and other areas do you translate most of anglicisms to Swedish?
In technology and other areas do you translate most of anglicisms to Swedish?