Swedish language

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Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and parts of Finland, known for its close relation to Norwegian and Danish and its role as one of the official languages of the Nordic region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic language
natural language
branch North Germanic languages
closelyRelatedTo Danish language
Norwegian language
developedFrom Old East Norse
surface form: Old Swedish
family Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasCaseSystem largely analytic
hasDefinitenessMarking suffixed definite article
hasDialect Finland Swedish
Gotlandic dialect
Götaland dialects
Norrland dialects
Scanian dialect
Svealand dialects
hasFeature V2 word order in main clauses
hasGrammaticalGender common gender
neuter
hasISO639-1Code sv
hasISO639-2Code swe
hasISO639-3Code swe
hasLetter Ä
Å
Ö
hasMajorDictionary Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
surface form: Svenska Akademiens ordbok

Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
surface form: Svenska Akademiens ordlista
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate about 10 million
hasPhonologicalFeature pitch accent
hasStandardForm Swedish language self-linksurface differs
surface form: Standard Swedish
hasStandardPronunciationBasedOn Central Swedish dialects
hasWordOrder SVO
historicalAncestor Norse
surface form: Old Norse
officialLanguageOf Finland
Sweden
partOf Scandinavian languages
primaryCountry Sweden
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Finland
region Nordic countries
regulatingBody Swedish Academy
spokenIn Finland
Sweden
Åland Islands
statusInEU official language of the European Union
subfamily Germanic languages
usedAs language of education in Sweden
language of government in Sweden
language of media in Sweden
usesScript Swedish alphabet
writingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (128)

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Norwegian language closelyRelatedTo Swedish language
Swedish-speaking Finns nativeLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Swedish krona languageOfName Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Nilsen hasLanguageOfOrigin Swedish language
Faroese language relatedTo Swedish language
Old Gutnish descendant Swedish language
this entity surface form: Gotlandic dialects of Swedish
Elfdalian isRelatedTo Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Estonian language influencedBy Swedish language
Swedish language hasStandardForm Swedish language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Standard Swedish
Old East Norse developedInto Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Old East Norse influenced Swedish language
this entity surface form: Modern Swedish
North Germanic languages includesLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
North Germanic languages majorModernStandard Swedish language
this entity surface form: Standard Swedish
Swedish Empire officialLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Róbert hasLanguageUsage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Gotland hasLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Åland Islands officialLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
ISO/IEC 8859-1 supportsLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Gunnar languageOfUse Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Vyborg languageHistoricallySpoken Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Edvard hasLanguageUsage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Wiktionary hasEditionInLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Scandinavian Canadians ancestralLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Swedish People’s Party of Finland officialLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Swedes primaryLanguage Swedish language
Finland Swedish partOf Swedish language
Finland Swedish hasDialect Swedish language
this entity surface form: Nyland Swedish
Ostrobothnia hasMajorityLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Uusimaa officialLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Riksdag languageUsed Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Järvenpää hasMinorityLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) mainSubject Swedish language
subject surface form: Svenska Akademiens ordbok
Swedish Armed Forces primaryLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Scanian dialect partOf Swedish language
Central Swedish dialects partOf Swedish language
Central Swedish dialects influences Swedish language
this entity surface form: Standard Swedish
Dag languageOfUse Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Jönköping languageUsed Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Scandinavia majorLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Joachim hasLanguageOfUse Swedish language
Meänkieli influencedBy Swedish language
Swedish Livonia languageUsed Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Finnish markka languageOnBanknotes Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Wisconsin English influencedBy Swedish language
Tampere hasMinorityLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Uppland language Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish
Hallonbergen hasOfficialLanguage Swedish language
this entity surface form: Swedish