Swedish

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Swedish is spoken by approximately 9,600,000 people in the world and is mainly represented in Sweden and Finland. Besides that it is an official language in Sweden, Finland and the European Union.

Swedish
Autoglottonym: Svenska
Pronunciation: [svɛnska]
Ethnologue name: Swedish
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Location point: Sweden: 62 00 N, 15 00 E,

Finland: 64 00 N, 26 00 E

Genealogy
Family: Indo-European
Genus: Germanic
Speakers
Country: Sweden, Finland
Official in: Sweden

Finland

European Union

Speakers: approximately 9,600,000:

~9,100,000 in Sweden in 2013 and 500,000 (=5,5%) in Finland in 2007

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Codes
ISO 639-1: sv
ISO 639-2: swe
ISO 639-3: {{{ISO3}}}


Standard Swedish

Standard Swedish, or also called Rikssvenska, is a standardised form of Swedish which is relatively neutral compared to the different dialects. The term describes written and spoken Swedish, however, there is barely a pure spoken standard due to regional variations. Rikssvenska evolved from the dialects spoken around the Stockholm region. It is used in Sweden only and differs from Finland and Estonian Swedish among other things due to its phonology.

Classification

Indo-European
Germanic
Northwest Germanic
North Germanic
East Nordic


References

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