Indo-European family
Swedish
1526 CE – today Living
Swedish (1526 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → … → Old East Norse → Old Swedish → Swedish.
See Swedish on the interactive map- Speakers
- 10M (10,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- swe
- Glottocode
- swed1254
East Scandinavian. Modern standard traces back to the Gustav Vasa Bible (1541).
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
- Proto-Norsec. 150 CE – 750 CE
- Old Norsec. 750 CE – 1050 CE
- Old East Norsec. 1050 CE – 1225 CE
- Old Swedish1225 CE – 1526 CE
- Swedish1526 CE – today