Standard Swedish

Swedish Empire ( swedish rikssvenska ) has several different meanings. It refers to

Typically in the kingdom (Sweden) spoken Swedish. In this meaning, it is in contrast to Finland Swedish and Swedish Estonia, so the outside Sweden spoken Swedish.

Swedish (written) language standard, as it is taught in school or as a foreign language. This, however, is limited almost exclusively to the written language, as it ( like for example the Germans) are not recognized in Sweden as a "standard Swedish " variant of the Swedish spoken. For the spoken Swedish one distinguishes several regional Akrolekte, which may differ in prosody and phonetics significantly and to a lesser extent in vocabulary and grammar.

As a spoken Swedish Empire ( swedish Talad rikssvenska ) a balancing dialect or idiolect, which is used both when communicating with someone who does not speak their own dialect, and understands, as well as in public context.

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