The Swedish language, casually spoken | Johanna speaking Swedish | Wikitongues

The Swedish language is spoken by 10 million people, primarily in Sweden and parts of Finland. A close cousin of Norwegian and Danish, Swedish is descended from Old Norse, the common ancestral language of Scandinavian peoples today. Explore more: Contribute: More from Wikipedia: “Swedish (Swedish: [ˈsvɛ̂nːska] (listen)) is a North Germanic language spoken natively by 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden (as the sole official language) and in parts of Finland, where it has equal legal standing with Finnish. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is largely dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Written Norwegian and Danish are usually more easily understood by Swedish speakers than the spoken languages, due to the differences in tone, accent and intonation. Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germ