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English vs Swedish


Swedish vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
4   
11

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Sweden   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Antartica, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
hej   

Thank You
Thank you   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
How are you?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Good Night   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
god morgon   

Please
Please   
vänligen   

Sorry
Sorry   
ledsen   

Bye
Bye   
hej då   

I Love You
I love you   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
France   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
English   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
anglais   
suédois   

German Name
Englisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
3   
3
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
swe   

ISO 639 3
eng   
swe   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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English and Swedish Language History

Comparison of English vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of English and Swedish language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Swedish Language History.

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English and Swedish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Swedish language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common English Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Swedish Difficulty

The English vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Swedish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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