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Cantonese and Swedish


Swedish and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
18   
8

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
您好   
hej   

Thank You
谢谢   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
晚安   
godnatt   

Good Evening
晚上好   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
早上好   
god morgon   

Please
请   
vänligen   

Sorry
遗憾   
ledsen   

Bye
再见   
hej då   

I Love You
我爱你   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
Not Available   
suédois   

German Name
Not Available   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
17th century   
13th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
Not Available   
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
swe   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Cantonese and Swedish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Swedish dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Swedish Speaking population

Cantonese and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Swedish on Cantonese vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Swedish Language Codes

Cantonese and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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