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What Language Do They Speak in Sweden?
The official language of Sweden is Swedish. In total about 13 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Swedish (95%), English (86%) and Finnish (2%).
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Official language
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Living languages · #91
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Regional official languages
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Endangered languages
All languages of Sweden (13)
| Language | Speakers here | Family | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish | 10,060,310 · 95% | Indo-European | Official |
| English | 9,107,228 · 86% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Finnish | 232,975 · 2% | Uralic | Regional official |
| Tornedalen Finnish | 58,243 · 0.55% | Uralic | Moribund |
| Northern Sami | 34,946 · 0.33% | Uralic | Vulnerable |
| Tavringer Romani | 9,530 · 0.09% | Speech Register | Nearly extinct |
| Elfdalian | 3,000 · 0.03% | — | — |
| Yiddish | 2,965 · 0.03% | Indo-European | — |
| Lule Sami | 1,482 · 0.01% | Uralic | Vulnerable |
| Southern Sami | 296 · 0% | Uralic | Vulnerable |
| Ume Sami | 100 · 0% | Uralic | Nearly extinct |
| Pite Sami | 20 · 0% | Uralic | Nearly extinct |
| Interlingua (IALA) | — | Artificial Language | — |
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Frequently asked questions
What language do they speak in Sweden?
The official language of Sweden is Swedish. In total about 13 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Swedish (95%), English (86%) and Finnish (2%).
What is the official language of Sweden?
Swedish. Regional official languages: Finnish.
Is English spoken in Sweden?
About 86% of people in Sweden speak English (9.1 million).
How many languages are spoken in Sweden?
About 13 living languages — #91 in the world for linguistic diversity. 4 of them are endangered.
Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT).