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Greek vs Swedish


Swedish vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Sweden  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
hej  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
godnatt  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
god morgon  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
vänligen  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
ledsen  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
hej då  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Griko  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
France  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
suédois  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
74  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
swe  

ISO 639 3
ell  
swe  

ISO 639 6
ells  
swe  

Glottocode
gree1276  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Greek and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Swedish language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Swedish Language History.

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Greek 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 Greek and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Swedish language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Swedish Difficulty

The Greek vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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