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Swedish
Svenska
Pronunciation[ˈsvɛ̂nːska]
Native toSweden, Finland, formerly Estonia
EthnicitySwedes
SpeakersNative: 10 million (2012–2021)[1]
L2 speakers: 3 million[1]
Language family
Indo-European
  • Germanic
    • North Germanic
      • East Scandinavian
        • Swedish
Early forms
Old Norse
  • Old East Norse
    • Old Swedish
      • Modern Swedish
Writing system
Latin (Swedish alphabet)
Swedish Braille
Signed forms
Tecknad svenska (obsolete)
Official status
Official language in
Finland
Sweden
Åland
European Union
Nordic Council
Regulated bySwedish Language Council (in Sweden)
Swedish Academy (in Sweden)
Institute for the Languages of Finland (in Finland)
Language codes
ISO 639-1sv
ISO 639-2swe
ISO 639-3swe
Glottologswed1254
Linguasphere52-AAA-ck to -cw
     Regions where Swedish is an official language spoken by the majority of the population (Sweden, Åland, Western Finland)
     Regions where Swedish is an official language spoken by a minority of the population (Finland)
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Swedish (svenska [ˈsvɛ̂nːska] ) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.[2] It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countries overall.[3]

Swedish, like the other Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is largely dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker.

Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional varieties and rural dialects still exist, the written language is uniform and standardized. Swedish is the most widely spoken second language in Finland where it has status as co-official language.

Swedish was long spoken in parts of Estonia, although the current status of the Estonian Swedish speakers is almost extinct. It is also used in the Swedish diaspora, most notably in Oslo, Norway, with more than 50,000 Swedish residents.[4]

  1. ^ a b Swedish at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Svenska talas också i Finland". Svenska språket (in Swedish). 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Nordic Languages: What's The Difference?". Wordminds. 25 March 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Var tionde Oslobo är nu svensk" (in Swedish). Sverige-Norge Personalförmedling. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

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