It's Danish but there might be a similar word in Norwegian or Swedish. The letter Å is from the Danish alphabet.
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Actually, jaså is used in all three languages: Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.
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According to the Lexin norsk bokmål ordbok, two possible English translations for jaså are "really" and "you don't say."
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To GreatWorld:
Å is not exclusively a Danish letter, it's used in Swedish, Norwegian and Finish alphabets as well!
Å is not exclusively a Danish letter, it's used in Swedish, Norwegian and Finish alphabets as well!
The letter "å" isn't used in the Finnish language, and there are no Finnish words containing the letter "å", only used in words borrowed from the Swedish language. The letter is known as "Swedish o" in Finland.
To AutumnOwl:
Woops, my mistake! The wiki page for Å said it was used in Finland, I think. I guess I should have actually read the whole thing, though!
Woops, my mistake! The wiki page for Å said it was used in Finland, I think. I guess I should have actually read the whole thing, though!
Yes, the letter "å" is used in Finland among Swedish-speaking Finns, but not in the Finnish language.