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Ilocano vs Swedish


Swedish vs Ilocano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Philippines  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kablaaw  
hej  

Thank You
Agyamanak  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Kumusta?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Naimbag a rabii  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat  
god morgon  

Please
mangngegda  
vänligen  

Sorry
Agpakawanak  
ledsen  

Bye
Pakada  
hej då  

I Love You
Ayayatenka  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Balangao  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
21,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Bontoc  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
41,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Not present  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Not present  
France  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
9.10 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ilokano  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
ilocano  
suédois  

German Name
Ilokano-Sprache  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Ilocano people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
18th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
94  
99+
89  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ilo  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
ilo  
swe  

ISO 639 3
ilo  
swe  

ISO 639 6
ilo  
swe  

Glottocode
ilok1237  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
31-CBA-a  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Ilocano and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Ilocano vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Ilocano and Swedish language. History of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th Century 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 Ilocano and Swedish Language History.

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

Ilocano vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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