Swedish
Spoken language
Swedish is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other... Wikipedia
Language families: Germanic languages, Indo-European languages, and North Germanic languages
Early forms: Old Norse: Old East Norse > Old Swedish > Modern Swedish
Ethnicity: Swedes
Official language in: Finland; Sweden; Åland; European Union; Nordic Council
Pronunciation: ˈsvɛ̂nːska
Regulated by: Swedish Language Council (in Sweden); Swedish Academy (in Sweden); Institute for the Languages of Finland (in Finland)