-språkig

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Swedish

Etymology

språk (language) +‎ -ig (-y)

Suffix

-språkig

  1. in the specified language
    norska (Norwegian) + ‎-språkig → ‎norskspråkig (in Norwegian, Norwegian-language)
    svenska (Swedish) + ‎-språkig → ‎svenskspråkig (in Swedish, Swedish-language, Swedophone)
    engelska (English) + ‎-språkig → ‎engelskspråkig (in English, English-language, Anglophone)
  2. speaking the specified language
    Synonym: -talande
    franska (French) + ‎-språkig → ‎franskspråkig (French-speaking, Francophone)
  3. (nominalized) a speaker of the specified language
    Synonym: -talande
    finska (Finnish) + ‎-språkig → ‎finskspråkiga (Finnish speakers, Finnophones)
  4. speaking or in or involving the specified number of languages, -lingual
    en (one) + ‎-språkig → ‎enspråkig (monolingual)
    två (two) + ‎-språkig → ‎tvåspråkig (bilingual)
    flera (several, multiple) + ‎-språkig → ‎flerspråkig (multilingual)

Derived terms