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Italian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
4   
11

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Sweden   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
18   
8

Scripts
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
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
hej   

Thank You
grazie   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
buonanotte   
godnatt   

Good Evening
buonasera   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
god morgon   

Please
Per Favore   
vänligen   

Sorry
scusate   
ledsen   

Bye
arrivederci   
hej då   

I Love You
Ti amo   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
France   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Italiano   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
italien   
suédois   

German Name
Italienisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
960 BC   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
27   
23
89   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
swe   

ISO 639 3
ita   
swe   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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   
Not Available   

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Italian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Swedish language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian and Swedish Language History.

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

Italian vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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