List "Languages in Sweden" needs to be amended
Hi,
When editing your list of preferred languages under https:/
However, Sweden has five minority languages:
Finnish (fi, fi-SE)
Meänkieli [also Tornedal Finnish] (fit)
Sami languages [all dialects recognised; spoken in Sweden mostly Southern, Ume, Pite, Lule and Northern Sami] (smi)
Romany [also Romany Chib] (rom)
Yiddish (yi, yid)
All these are more or less commonly spoken among the respective communities and they all are recognised in law. For instance, the Finnish speaking community amounts to almost half a million citizens, a hefty part of the ca. 9 million inhabitants in the country as a whole. Looking at history, Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami have been spoken in Sweden since before the Swedish state was formalised (13th century), Romany at least since the 16th century, and Yiddish at least since the 18th century.
I would like the standard list of "Languages in Sweden" to be amended, to include the other four minority languages (Finnish, Meänkieli, Sami languages and Yiddish).
Warm regards,
Mikael Hiort af Ornäs
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