Swedish

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Swedish is used as a native language by approximately 9,000,000 people and is mainly spoken in Sweden and Finland. Besides that there are some small communities in Estonia, the Ukraine, Canada, the U.S. and further countries in northern, central and western European countries. Swedish 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 9,000,000:

~8,700,000 in Sweden [1] and 300,000 (=5,5%) in Finland [2]

Writing system: {{{WritingSyst}}}
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.


Dialectal Variations

  • Norrländska mål
  • Sveamål
  • Gotländska mål
  • Östsvenska mål (Finland)
  • Saltvik (Finland)
  • Götamål
  • Sydsvenska mål


Swedish spoken in Finland

Bilingual with Swedish minorities:

  • Uusimaa (Nyland)
  • Itä-Uusimaa (Öster-Nyland)
  • Kymenlaakso (Kymmenedalen)
  • Varsinais-Suomi (Egentliga Finland)

Bilingual with Swedish majority:

  • Österbrotten

Unilingual Swedish:

  • Åland


Estonian Swedes

References

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