What language is mostly spoken in Sweden?

Q: What language is mostly spoken in Sweden?


A: Swedish (svenska) is the language mostly spoken in Sweden.

Q: How many people speak Swedish?


A: More than nine million people speak Swedish.

Q: Can a person who speaks one Scandinavian language understand the others?


A: Yes, a person who understands one of the other Scandinavian languages, such as Norwegian and Danish, can understand the others.

Q: Are there any local dialects of Swedish?


A: Yes, there are some local dialects with differences in grammar and vocabulary in small towns and rural areas.

Q: What is the origin of Swedish?


A: Swedish began as a dialect of Old Norse, which was a language that everyone in Scandinavia understood during the Viking Age. Around the 12th century it slowly became different from other dialects.

Q: Are there any characters used in Swedish that are not used in English?


A: Yes, there are three characters used in Swedish that are not used in English - å, ä and ö.

Q: What grammatical gender does Swedish use?


A: In addition to Common and Neuter genders, which differ from English grammar rules, nouns also have definite articles suffixed onto their ends for further distinction between them.

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