Re: [HCDX] Languages?

["Stig Hartvig Nielsen" <hartvig@xxxxxx>]

True - there there isn't a "Scandinavian language" (but Sean did'nt say so). However having said that, the three main-languages of Scandinavia: Swedish, Norwegian (bokmål) and Danish are very similar - and are hardly anything but dialects of the same language. But officially - yes it's three independent languages. 

When it comes to radio, programmes with a mix of the three languages are quite rare. The regional DR station in Copenhagen and the regional SR station in Malmö have a weekly joint programme where two announcers from each of the two stations speak in their mother-tongue - so it's a mix of Swedish and Danish. There are plans to extend this co-operation into a new radiochannel serving the Øresund region, which includes Danish capital Copenhagen and Swedish Malmö.    

Btw - and a bit off-topic : I checked www.ethnologue.com and a good part of what it is saying about Danish is pure nonsens. So dont believe anything you'll read here !!

Best 73s
Stig Hartvig Nielsen  





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrea Lawendel" <lawendel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Languages?

> Sean,
> no such thing as a "Scandinavian language". Situation is quite 
> complex up there as far as idioms are concerned. Vatican broadcasts 
> mainly in Swedish with Finnish (maybe Estonian too) and now Danish 
> inserts. Look at http://www.vaticanradio.org/scandinavo/svedese.htm.
> 
> Pilipino should be just an alternate name for Tagalog, while Filipino 
> - as a more stable and official language I suppose - should be 
> "evolved" from it in the future. When in doubt, always refer to the 
> "Ethnologue" as one of the best linguistic source on the Net: 
> http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=TGL
> 
>


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