four orders of foreignness

Demosthenes / Valentine Wiggins
Nordic language recognizes four orders of foreignness
    Swedish
    • Utlanning, or otherlander
        - someone of another city or country
        Swedish word: utlrînning [u:tlen:ing] utlrînningen utlrînningar (noun)
        English translation: foreigner, alien
        Compounds: utlrînningslag -en—Aliens' Act 
    • Framling
        - "human" but of another world. Someone substantially different than us
        Swedish word: frrîmling [fr'em:ling] frrîmlingen frrîmlingar (noun)
        English translation: stranger, foreigner, alien
        Compounds: frîmling(s)|skap -et—alien status, alienation
    • Raman
        - human but of differing species, someone so different
            in concept and idea as to be considered other
        Swedish word: ram [ra:m] ramen ramar (noun)
        English translation: frame / (figuratively "limits, bounds")
        Examples: inom mñjligheternas ram—within the limits of possibility
        Compounds: ram|avtal -et—skeleton (blanket) agreement
    • Varelse
        - alien, no "conversation" is possible, they might be intelligent,
           they may be self aware, but we wouldn't know it.
        Swedish word: varelse [v'a:relse] varelsen varelser (noun)
        English translation: being
        Examples: levande varelse—living creature
 
definitions from: http://lexikon.nada.kth.se/swe-eng.shtml