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Swedophone - Definition

A Swedophone is a person that speaks the Swedish language either natively or by adoption. As an adjective, the word means "Swedish-speaking."

Swedophone areas include Sweden, where the language originates, as well as the Ă…land Islands, an autonomous province of neighbouring Finland. There is also a significant Swedophone community in Mainland Finland comprising six percent of the total population.

There are an estimated 9 million Swedophones world-wide.

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