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DanAgger
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13 January 2010 at 9:53pm | IP Logged 
Ari wrote:
Here are three websites intended for Swedes, so they're advanced
resources. Still, I figure someone might
benefit from them, and this sort of thing can be hard to find as a learner.

Tyda.se is another online free dictionary. Actually, this
one's availible in English, so
it's not just for advanced students.

Swedia 2000 is a resource I've wanted for other
languages. It's a list of
100 dialects from different parts of the country. Each has four different sound files:
a young man, a young
woman, an old man and an old woman. For each sound file, there's a transcript in
standard orthography and one
approximating a phonetic transcription. It's all in Swedish, though, so it's probably
for advanced students. Still,
if you want to get some samples of real, unscripted speech, complete with
transcriptions, and/or work on your
comprehension of different dialects, it's probably great. For a real challenge, try the
old man and woman from
Överkalix. That's incomprehensible to an average native.

Sråkrådet is a governmental institution dealing
with language issues.
There's a "månadens nyord" (neologism of the month), "månadens dialektord" (dialectal
word of the month),
there's an advice column and, something I gather could be interesting if you already
know English, a huge list of
words that are often borrowed from English, with Swedish equivalents.


Great stuff, the dictionary is fantastic as it has a lot of sound files for words and
seems quite comprehensive. Språkrådet sounds cool as well, will check it out, thanks
for the links Ari! Very useful stuff.

Edited by DanAgger on 13 January 2010 at 10:03pm



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