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Language code: swe

Technical information about ISO 639 language code swe

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The table below provides technical details for the Swedish language, designated by the swe code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

swe

Name

Official

Swedish

Native

Svenska

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central SwedishFinland SwedishGotlandicGötaland SwedishNorrland SwedishScanian
Related languages
DanishNorwegian BokmålNorwegian NynorskFaroeseIcelandic
Key facts
Mutually intelligible to a high degree with Danish and NorwegianEmploys a two-pitch accent system that gives the language its characteristic melodyDistinguishes only two grammatical genders (common and neuter)Has nine distinct vowel qualities, each with long and short versionsThe first complete Swedish Bible translation, the Vasa Bible of 1541, helped standardize modern Swedish
Sample phrase

Hej, hur mår du?

Character encodings

ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-10, ISO 8859-15, Windows 1252, CP 437, CP 865, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Swedish language, identified by the code swe, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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