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Also known as Swedish language, Svenska, swed1254

North Germanic language spoken in Sweden and Finland

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Swedish is a modern language belonging to the East Scandinavian subclass. It is characterized by subject–verb–object syntax, V2 word order, and a nominative–accusative case system. The language is fusional and utilizes Latin script, specifically the Swedish alphabet. It possesses two grammatical genders, common and neuter, and includes nominative and genitive cases.

The language is native to Sweden, Finland, and Åland, with specific indigenous regions including Kymenlaakso and Ostrobothnia. It has various parts, such as Old Swedish, Modern Swedish, Götamål dialect, and Gutnish. Regulatory bodies for Swedish include the Swedish Language Council, the Swedish Academy, and the Institute for the Languages of Finland. Its native label is svenska.

Swedish has approximately 9,244,250 speakers. It is studied within the field of Scandinavian studies. The language is described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the New International Encyclopedia. Films produced in this language are categorized under Swedish-language films.

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Swedish (endonym: svenska [ˈsvɛ̂nːska] ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the fourth most spoken Germanic language, and the first among its type in the Nordic countries overall.

Swedish, like the other Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker.

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