Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
vänligen
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
hej då
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
suédois
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
13th Century
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic