| Swedish | … |
|---|---|
| svenska | … |
| Pronunciation | [ˈsvɛ̂nːska] |
| Native to | Sweden, Finland, formerly Estonia |
| Ethnicity | Swedes, Finland-Swedes |
| Speakers | Native: 10 million (2012–2021)1 L2 speakers: 3 million1 |
| Language family | Indo-European • Germanic • North Germanic • East Scandinavian • Swedish |
| Early forms | Old Norse • Old East Norse • Old Swedish • Modern Swedish |
| Writing system | Latin (Swedish alphabet) Swedish Braille |
| Signed forms | Tecknad svenska (obsolete), Swedish Sign Language, Finland-Swedish Sign Language |
| Official status | … |
| Official language in | Finland Sweden Åland European Union Nordic Council |
| Regulated by | Swedish Language Council (in Sweden) Swedish Academy (in Sweden) Institute for the Languages of Finland (in Finland) |
| Language codes | … |
| ISO 639-1 | sv |
| ISO 639-2 | swe |
| ISO 639-3 | swe |
| Glottolog | swed1254 |
| Linguasphere | to -cw 52-AAA-ck to -cw |
| Regions where Swedish is an official language spoken by the majority of the population (Sweden, Åland, Western Finland) Regions where Swedish is an official language spoken by a minority of the population (Finland) | … |
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