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Which dialect did Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte speak?

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The answer is Swedish. Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte spoke Swedish because she was born and raised in the Swedish royal court. She was the daughter of Duke Charles XI of Sweden and his wife Ulrika Eleonora the Younger. She grew up in a predominantly Swedish-speaking environment and thus acquired Swedish as her primary language. Throughout her life, she retained Swedish as her preferred language of communication and correspondence.
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