Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Scandinavia, language trivia<br/>
Date: Feb 24, 2003 @ 20:34<br/>
Author: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Ernst Stavro Blofeld &lt;blofeld_es@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1673352182">--- &quot;Francisco &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:xuax@...">xuax@...</a>&gt;&quot; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:xuax@...">xuax@...</a>&gt;<br/>
wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Good summary, I think. But in the last point you may<br/>
&gt; include also <br/>
&gt; the Swedish-speaking population of Finland, or at<br/>
&gt; least its Aland <br/>
&gt; Autonomous Province. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>The Scandinavian languages may be close, but they are<br/>
certainly separate languages rather than dialects. And<br/>
finnish is of course not a Germanic language.<br/>
<br/>
To my knowledge swedish is spoken in Sweden and in<br/>
Finland. Also a few houndred natively swedish speaking<br/>
Estonians should remain on the largest Estonian<br/>
islands in the Baltic.<br/>
<br/>
A fascinating fact is that the only country in the<br/>
world where swedish is an official language is<br/>
Finland.<br/>
<br/>
In Sweden itself there simply is no legislation about<br/>
official languages, although some minority languages<br/>
enjoy a certain legal protection.<br/>
<br/>
Regards<br/>
<br/>
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