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Name:
Swedish
Alternate Names:
Svenska; Ruotsi; Schwedisch; Dalécarlien (in French); Gutnisk (in French); Scanien (in French); Escaniano (in Spanish)
Spoken in:
USA, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Canada, Norway, United Arab Emirates
Number of speakers:
7,910,000 in Sweden. 5,000 speakers of Gutniska (1998 S. Håkansson), and 30,000 of Jamtska. Population total all countries: 8,311,739
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
15000
(UNESCO)
Code:
swe
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Swedish (swed)
Child Dialects:
Åland Islands Swedish (swe-ala)
Svea; North Swedish (swe-sve)
Uusimaa Swedish (swe-uus)
Northern Swedish; Norrland (swe-nor)
Gutniska; Gutamal; Gotlandic; Gutnic (swe-gut)
Nyland Swedish (swe-nyl)
Eastern Swedish; Finland Swedish; Estonian Swedish (swe-eas)
Southwest Finland Swedish (swe-sou)
Standard Swedish (swe-sta)
Österbotten; Ostrobothnian (swe-ost)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Map of Swedish
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