Swedish

Standard Swedish, or also called Rikssvenska, is a standardised form of Swedish which is relatively neutral compared to the different dialects. The term describes written and spoken Swedish, however, there is barely a pure spoken standard due to regional variations. Rikssvenska is used in Sweden only and differs from Finland and Estonian Swedish among other things for reasons of its phonology.

Swedish
Autoglottonym:	Svenska
Pronunciation:	[svɛnska]
Ethnologue name:	Swedish
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Location point:	Sweden: 62 00 N, 15 00 E, Finland: 64 00 N, 26 00 E
Genealogy
Family:	Indo-European
Genus:	Germanic Northwest Germanic North Germanic East Nordic Swedish
Speakers
Country:	Sweden, Finland, [Estonia]
Official in:	Sweden Finland European Union
Speakers:	approximately 9,600,000 (~9,100,000 in Sweden, 500,000 in Finland and 30,000 in Estonia)
Writing system:	{{{WritingSyst}}}
Codes
ISO 639-1:	sv
ISO 639-2:	swe
ISO 639-3:	{{{ISO3}}}

Classification

Indo-European

Germanic

Northwest Germanic

North Germanic

East Nordic

References

• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Quod Vide

• Schwedisch
• Swedish Phonology