Landsmålsalfabetet
Encyclopedia
The Swedish Dialect Alphabet is a phonetic
alphabet
created in 1878 by Johan August Lundell
and used for the narrow transcription of Swedish dialects
. The alphabet consists of 118 characters, in which each sign denotes a sound of the Swedish language
.
Phonetics
Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech, or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or signs : their physiological production, acoustic properties, auditory...
alphabet
Alphabet
An alphabet is a standard set of letters—basic written symbols or graphemes—each of which represents a phoneme in a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in the past. There are other systems, such as logographies, in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic...
created in 1878 by Johan August Lundell
Johan August Lundell
Johan August Lundell was a Swedish linguist, professor of Slavic languages at Uppsala University. He is known for his work on Swedish dialects and for developing Landsmålsalfabetet, a phonetic alphabet used in dialect research.-Biography:Lundell's parents were Anders Andersson and Carolina Olsdotter...
and used for the narrow transcription of Swedish dialects
Swedish dialects
Swedish dialects can be categorized into Traditional Dialects and Modern Dialects .-Traditional dialects:...
. The alphabet consists of 118 characters, in which each sign denotes a sound of the Swedish language
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
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