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I think OP's contention was that in Swedish these are not diacritical marks, but different letters.
by ska 4y ago
I think OP's contention was that in Swedish these are not diacritical marks, but different letters.
- okamiueru 4y agoIndeed. The equivalent Norwegian letters are æ/Æ, ø/Ø, å/Å (in the correct order). And you wouldn't call those umlauts either.
- Findecanor 4y agoI think the OP is splitting hairs. I'd say that they are just as much different letters in German, from which the word "Umlaut" comes. One is replaced with the other in word inflections. For instance, the noun "Land" is "Länder" in plural — both in German and Swedish. But what the two dots are not: they are definitely not diaeresis.
- silvestrov 4y agono, it is not splitting hairs. You don't think of "y" being "u" with an Umlaut. For you this is a completely seperate letter. Ditto with ÄÖÅ im Swedish and ÆØÅ in Danish (Æ is never thought of as combined A and E).
- henrikschroder 4y ago> I'd say that they are just as much different letters in German No. The German alphabet contains 26 letters, A-Z, plus 4 special letters, ÄÖÜẞ. The Swedish alphabet contains 29 letters, A-ZÅÄÖ.
- pessimizer 4y agoI'm not sure if that's a distinction or a difference. "Ñ" is a completely different letter than "N", but that doesn't make "~" less of a tilde.