Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
hej
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
god morgon
  
Please
Please
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Bye
  
hej då
  
I Love You
I love you
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
English
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
anglais
  
suédois
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Not Available