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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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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
Tamil
29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Irish
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
18
Rank: 8 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cebuano
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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
Chinese
78,000,000.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Dialects
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
78,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Dialects
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
96,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
79
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
15.00 million
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
8.70 million
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
5.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Finnish
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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
Georgian
89
Rank: 60 (Overall)
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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
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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.