Swedophone

English

Etymology

From Swedo- +‎ -phone.

Adjective

Swedophone (not comparable)

1. Swedish-speaking.
   • 2007, Bjarne Thorup Thomsen, Centring on the Peripheries‎^[1], page 40:

     The Swedophone part of the population (approximately 13 percent in 1900)

   • 2015, Lonely Planet Scandinavia‎^[2]:

     Over half the population are Swedophone in Jakobstad (Finnish: Pietarsaari), one of the most distinctive and enchanting spots on this part of the Finnish west coast known as parallelsverige (parallel Sweden).

   • 2016, The Reception of Byzantium in European Culture since 1500‎^[3]:

     Studies in Swedophone Literature and Culture

Translations

Swedish-speaking

• Danish: svensksproget, svensktalende
• Dutch: Zweedstalig
• Finnish: ruotsinkielinen (fi)
• French: suédophone (fr), suécophone (fr), svécophone (fr)
• German: schwedischsprachig
• Greek: σουηδόφωνος (souidófonos)
• Icelandic: sænskumælandi
• Italian: svedofono
• Lithuanian: švedakalbis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svenskspråklig, svensktalende

  Nynorsk: svensktalande, svenskspråkleg

• Polish: szwedzkojęzyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: suecófono
• Romanian: suedofon
• Russian: шведоязы́чный (ru) (švedojazýčnyj), шведоговоря́щий (švedogovorjáščij)
• Swedish: svenskspråkig (sv), svensktalande (sv)
• Ukrainian: шведомо́вний (švedomóvnyj)

Noun

Swedophone (plural Swedophones)

1. A speaker of Swedish.
   • 2005, Sabrina P. Ramet, Thinking about Yugoslavia‎^[4], page 311:

     Swedophones may turn to the works of Christian Palme and Bo Pellnäs.

   • 2006, Carl O. Nordling, Finland: The Making of a Nation, page 98:

     These people would then have been forced to abandon their language and become Swedophones.

   • 2007, Bjarne Thorup Thomsen, Centring on the Peripheries‎^[5], page 42:

     To ensure the survival of their language, the Swedophones now had to assert their right to be part of that country

Translations

speaker of Swedish

• Armenian: շվեդախոս (švedaxos)
• Finnish: ruotsinkielinen (fi)
• French: suédophone (fr) m or f, suécophone (fr) m or f, svécophone (fr) m or f
• German: Schwedischsprecher m
• Greek: Σουηδόφωνος m (Souidófonos), Σουηδόφωνη f (Souidófoni)
• Italian: svedofono m, svedofona f
• Portuguese: suecófono m, suecófona f
• Romanian: suedofon m, suedofonă f
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} шведофо́н m (švedofón)
• Spanish: suecohablante m or f, suecoparlante m or f
• Swedish: svenskspråkig (sv), svensktalande (sv)