Czech Swedish language

Czech Swedish
šekisk svenska
Pronunciation	[ɕɛkɪsk svɛnska]
Created by	Svante Axelsson, Rasmus Axelsson
Date	12 February 2023
Users	0 (2022)
Purpose	Constructed language A posteriori language Czech Swedish
Writing system	Latin script
Sources	A posteriori language with elements of Swedish and Czech
Official status
Regulated by	Svante Axelsson
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None
Czech Swedish is critically endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Czech Swedish (/ɕɛkɪsk svɛnska/; šekisk svenska), is a version of the Swedish language that uses a large variety of diacritical marks. The Czech part of the name comes from the fact that the Czech language uses a large variety of diacritical marks to show what sounds morphemes make.

Orthography

The Czech Swedish alphabet consists of 34 letters; 17 vowels and 17 consonants. It adds 8 letters to the Swedish alphabet. These letters being: á, é, í, ó, š, ú, ý, ǻ. It also converts the letters ä and ö to æ and ø respectively. The long variants of these are ǽ and ǿ, making a total of 10 new letters added. The alphabet also omits five letters: c, q, w, x, z. These letters get replaced k/s, k, v, ks, s in case of them being used.

There are three different diacritical marks used in Czech Swedish: the akút aksent (´) in the letters á, é, í, ó, ý, ǻ, ǽ, ǿ; the háke (ˇ) in the letter š; and the ring (°) in the letters å, ǻ.

All letters with diacritical marks can be written in two different ways, if one can not write them with diacritics or if computers can not type them:

• ⟨á⟩ as ⟨aa⟩
• ⟨é⟩ as ⟨ee⟩
• ⟨í⟩ as ⟨ii⟩
• ⟨ó⟩ as ⟨oo⟩
• ⟨š⟩ as ⟨sz⟩
• ⟨ú⟩ as ⟨uu⟩
• ⟨ý⟩ as ⟨yy⟩
• ⟨ǻ⟩ as ⟨åå⟩
• ⟨ǽ⟩ as ⟨ææ⟩ or ⟨ää⟩
• ⟨ǿ⟩ as ⟨øø⟩ or ⟨öö⟩

Czech Swedish alphabet

Majuscule forms (also called uppercase or capital letters)

A

Á

B

D

E

É

F

G

H

I

Í

J

K

L

M

N

O

Ó

P

R

S

Š

T

U

Ú

V

Y

Ý

Å

Ǻ

Æ

Ǽ

Ø

Ǿ

Minuscule forms (also called lowercase or small letters)

a

á

b

d

e

é

f

g

h

i

í

j

k

l

m

n

o

ó

p

r

s

š

t

u

ú

v

y

ý

å

ǻ

æ

ǽ

ø

ǿ

IPA value(s)

[a]

[ɑː]

[b]

[d]

[e], [ɛ]

[eː]

[f]

[g]

[h]

[ɪ]

[iː]

[j]

[k]

[l]

[m]

[n]

[u]

[uː]

[p]

[r]

[s]

[ɕ]

[t]

[ʊ]

[ʉː]

[v]

[ʏ]

[yː]

[o]

[oː]

[ɛ], [æ]

[æː]

[œ], [ø]

[œː], [øː]

Czech Swedish alphabet (detail)

Letter		Name	Letter		Name
Uppercase	Lowercase		Uppercase	Lowercase
A	a	á	Ó	ó	långa ó; ó méd akút aksent
Á	á	långa á; á méd akút aksent	P	p	pé
B	b	bé	R	r	er
D	d	dé	S	s	es
E	e	é	Š	š	eš
É	é	långa é; é méd akút aksent	T	t	té
F	f	ef	U	u	ú
G	g	gé	Ú	ú	långa ú; ú méd akút aksent
H	h	hǻ	V	v	vé
I	i	í	Y	y	ý
Í	í	långa í; í méd akút aksent	Ý	ý	långa ý; ý méd akút aksent
J	j	jí	Å	å	ǻ
K	k	kǻ	ǻ	ǻ	långa ǻ; ǻ méd akút aksent
L	l	el	Æ	æ	ǽ
M	m	em	Ǽ	ǽ	långa ǽ; ǽ méd akút aksent
N	n	en	Ø	ø	ǿ
O	o	ó	Ǿ	ǿ	långa ǿ; ǿ méd akút aksent

Replacements

Sound (Swedish)	Replaced by	Example in Swedish	Czech Swedish
any double letter	a single letter	knubbsäl (harbour seal), addera (add), fluff (fluff), bygga (to build), allergi (allergy), ammoniak (ammonia), ålänning (person from Åland), äpple (apple), borr (drill), buss (bus), råtta (rat), vovve (slang for dog), jazz (jazz)	knubsǽl, adéra, fluf, byga, alergí, amóniak, ǻlæning, æple, bor, bus, råta, vove, jas
-cc-	ks	vaccin (vaccine)	vaksín
-ck-	k (sounds like a double letter)	tack (thanks or please)	tak
dj-	j	djungel (jungle)	jungel
-g- (in front of e, i, y, ä, ö)		ge (to give)	jé
gj-		gjuteri (foundry)	júterí
hj-		hjul (wheel)	júl
lj-		ljud (sound)	júd
-mn-	-m-	jämnt (equal)	jæmt
-k- (in front of e, i, y, ä, ö)	š-	kela (to cuddle)	šéla
kj-		kjol (skirt)	šól
tj-		tjuv (theif)	šúv
-g-	ch	giraff (giraffe), energi (energy)	chíraf, enerchí
j-		journalist (journalist)	chornalist
-sch-		schack (chess)	chak
-si-		division (division)	divichón
-ssi-		passion (passion)	pachón
sj-		sjö (lake)	chǿ
-sk- (in front of e, i, y, ä, ö)		skev (wicked)	chév
skj-		skjuta (to shoot)	chúta
stj-		stjärna (star)	chǽrna
ti-		station (station)	stachón
ps-	s-	psykiatri (psychiatry)	sykíatrí
sc-		scen (scene)	sén
-tet	-té	kvalitet (quality)	kvalité
-zz-	-ts-	pizza (pizza)	pitsa

• The ⟨g⟩ in French loanwords, have no spellingrules.

Example:

• giraff (/ɧ/; giraffe)
• energi (/ɧ/; energy)
• garage (/ʂ/; garage)

Pronouns

The pronouns of Czech Swedish is basically the same as the Swedish pronouns, with diacritics and shortenings. The only exception is that the first-person singular accusative mig and second-person singular accusative dig get replaced with the colloquial terms mej and dej respectively.

Articles

Definiteness	Singular common	Singular neuter	Plural
Indefinite	en	et	-
Definite	den	dét	dé

Personal pronouns

Person	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
1st	jág	mej	-
2nd	dú	dej	-
3rd masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd feminine	hon	hene	henes
3rd gender-neutral	hen	henom	hens
3rd common	den		des
3rd neuter	dét
1st plural	ví	os	-
2nd plural	ní	ér	-
3rd plural	dé (dom)	dem (dom)	déras

Possesive pronouns

Person	Singular common	Singular neuter	Plural
1st	min	mit	mína
2nd	din	dit	dína
3rd masculine	hans
3rd feminine	henes
3rd common	des
3rd neuter
3rd reflexive	sin	sit	sína
1st plural	vǻr	vǻrt	vǻra
2nd plural	ér	ért	éra
3rd plural	déras

Sample text

The Lord's Prayer

(Czech Swedish: Vǻr Fáder or Herens bǿn)

Vǻr Fádér, dú som ǽr í himlen.

Lǻt dit namn blí helgat.
Lǻt dit ríke koma.
Lǻt din vilja ché sǻ som í himlen.
Jé os ídág dét brǿd ví béhǿver.
Ok fǿrlǻt os vǻra skulder
liksom ví hár fǿrlǻtit dem som stǻr í skuld til os.
Ok útsæt os inte fǿr prǿvningar
útan ræda os frǻn dét ónda.
Dit ǽr ríket
din ǽr makten ok ǽran
í évighéten.
Amen.