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Swedish Language: Swedish (Swedish: ( Svɛ̂n Ska)

Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and parts of Finland by about 10 million people. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, although the degree of intelligibility depends on factors like dialect and accent. Swedish originated from Old Norse and is a descendant of Proto-Norse, the common language of Germanic peoples in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. Standard Swedish is based on the Central Swedish dialects and became established in the early 20th century, though regional dialects still exist.

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Swedish Language: Swedish (Swedish: ( Svɛ̂n Ska)

Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and parts of Finland by about 10 million people. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, although the degree of intelligibility depends on factors like dialect and accent. Swedish originated from Old Norse and is a descendant of Proto-Norse, the common language of Germanic peoples in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. Standard Swedish is based on the Central Swedish dialects and became established in the early 20th century, though regional dialects still exist.

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12/22/2020 Swedish language - Wikipedia

Swedish language
Swedish (Swedish: [ˈsvɛ̂nːska] ( listen)) is a North Germanic
language spoken natively by 10 million people, predominantly Swedish
in Sweden (as the sole official language) and in parts of Finland, svenska
where it has equal legal standing with Finnish. It is largely Pronunciation [ˈsvɛ̂nːska]
mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, although the
Native to Sweden, Finland
degree of mutual intelligibility is largely dependent on the
dialect and accent of the speaker. Written Norwegian and Ethnicity Swedes, Finns
Danish are usually more easily understood by Swedish speakers Native speakers 7.9 million
than the spoken languages, due to the differences in tone, L2 speakers: 3.2
accent and intonation. Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse, million (2018)[1]
the common language of the Germanic peoples living in
Language family Indo-European
Scandinavia during the Viking Era. It has more speakers than
any other North Germanic language. Germanic
North
Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national Germanic
language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the
East
19th century and was well established by the beginning of the Scandinavian
20th century. While distinct regional varieties and rural dialects
still exist, the written language is uniform and standardized. Swedish

Early forms Old Norse


The standard word order is, as in most Germanic languages, V2,
which means that the finite verb (V) appears in the second Old East Norse
position (2) of a declarative main clause. Swedish morphology Old Swedish
is similar to English; that is, words have comparatively few
Modern
inflections. Swedish has two genders[3] and is generally seen to Swedish
have two grammatical cases – nominative and genitive (except
for pronouns that, as in English, also are inflected in the object Writing system Latin (Swedish
alphabet)
form) – although it is debated if the genitive in Swedish should
Swedish Braille
be seen as a genitive case or just the nominative plus the so-
called genitive s, then seen as a clitic. Swedish has two Signed forms Swedish Sign
grammatical numbers – plural and singular. Adjectives have Language
discrete comparative and superlative forms and are also Tecknad svenska
(falling out of use)
inflected according to gender, number and definiteness. The
definiteness of nouns is marked primarily through suffixes Official status
(endings), complemented with separate definite and indefinite Official language in Sweden
articles. The prosody features both stress and in most dialects Finland
tonal qualities. The language has a comparatively large vowel Åland Islands
inventory. Swedish is also notable for the voiceless dorso- European
palatal velar fricative, a highly variable consonant phoneme. Union
Nordic
Swedish has also had historic use in Estonia, although the Council
current status of the Estonian Swedish speakers is almost
Regulated by Swedish
extinct. Instead, it is used in the Swedish diaspora, most
Language Council
notably in Oslo, Norway, with more than 50,000 resident (in Sweden)
Swedes.[4] Swedish Academy

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