

Language Builds Bridges
Well, it depends, of course. It depends on what your native language is, and whether it is close to Swedish. So for example, if your native language is German, then Swedish will be quite easy to learn.
It also depends on the complexity of the language. For an English speaker, Swedish is not that complex, compared to many other languages.
But compared to English, the pronunciation may be a bit of a challenge.
Swedish has a lot of vowels, in fact 9: a, e, i, o, u, y, å, ä, and ö
If you want to practice the vowel sounds, check out our Speak Like a Swede series on Youtube.
Swedish also has some particular sounds that do not sound quite like they are spelled (for ex: sj-, stj-, skj-, -rs-, tj-).
If you are not used to grammatical genders, the idea of using ‘en’ and ‘ett’ in front of the nouns seem weird to start with.
And when you learn more about the grammar, you will find out that the concept of en and ett can also be seen on other words in the language – they kind of ‘rub off’ on other words (adjectives and possessive pronouns, typically).
It of course also depends on how much time you devote per week to studying Swedish (the more often you study, the quicker you will learn), what resources you have available and your motivation for studying.
According to The Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State, Swedish is in fact on of the easier languages to learn. Good news! If you are a native English speaker, it should take you approximately 575-600 class hours to learn Swedish to a proficient level.
This is relatively easy, compared to some of the hardest languages – for example Japanese, Arabic and Chinese will take approximately 2,200 class hours to learn!
Also, have a look at the blog post we have written previously about how many hours it takes to learn Swedish.
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Not just this, but there is at least 21 accents in Swedish.
I’m fairly confident that the number of native French speakers is more than 67 million if you take into account Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Québec and the French speaking countries in Africa.
You’re probably right. These were numbers from the The Foreign Service Institute of the U.S Department of State, but they may well be wrong. 🙂