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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Sweden

1.4 Second Language

Finland

1.5 Speaking Continents

Antartica, Europe

1.6 Minority Language

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

1.7 Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council

1.8 Interesting Facts

  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

1.9 Similar To

Norwegian and Danish Language

1.10 Derived From

Old Norse Language

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

18
Rank: 8 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

hej

3.2 Thank You

tacka dig

3.3 How Are You?

hur mår du

3.4 Good Night

godnatt

3.5 Good Evening

god kväll

3.6 Good Afternoon

god eftermiddag

3.7 Good Morning

god morgon

3.8 Please

vänligen

3.9 Sorry

ledsen

3.10 Bye

hej då

3.11 I Love You

jag älskar dig

3.12 Excuse Me

ursäkta mig

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Dialects

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Gabon

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

78,000,000.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Dialects

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Georgia

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

78,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Dialects

4.3.1 Where They Speak

France

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

96,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

79
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

15.00 million
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

8.70 million
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

5.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Svenska

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Ruotsi, Svenska

5.3.4 French Name

suédois

5.3.5 German Name

Schwedisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

5.5 Ethnicity

Swedes, Finland Swedes

6 History

6.1 Origin

13th Century

6.2 Language Family

Indo-European Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Germanic

6.2.2 Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Old Swedish

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Standard Swedish

6.3.3 Language Position

89
Rank: 60 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

sv

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

swe

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

swe

7.3 ISO 639 3

swe

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

swed1254

7.6 Linguasphere

52-AAA-ck to -cw

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Swedish language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Swedish language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Swedish language states that it was put to use in 13th Century. The history of Swedish language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Swedish Language History.The evolution of Swedish language began with early forms such as Old Swedish. Standard Swedish is the standard form of Swedish language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Swedish Language.

Swedish population

Swedish population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Swedish language. Swedish language is spoken by 15.00 million people in the world. Most of the Swedish population lies in the Swedish Speaking Countries. Swedish language is spoken as first language by 8.70 million people and as second language by about 5.00 million people. Get to know Swedish speaking population in detail.

Swedish writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Swedish writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Swedish language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Swedish language. Learn more about . 

Information about Swedish language

Check out all the information about Swedish language here. You may find it interesting to learn Swedish Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Swedish Speaking Countries, Swedish speaking continents and Swedish Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Swedish countries knowing common Swedish Greetings will help you in communicating with Swedish people.