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Swedish and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Japan  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Antartica, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
14  
4
18  
8

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
hej  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
hur mår du  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
godnatt  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
god morgon  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
vänligen  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
ledsen  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
hej då  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
kansai  
France  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
japonais  
suédois  

German Name
Japanisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
1185  
13th Century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
8  
8
89  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
swe  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
swe  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
swe  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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All Japanese 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 Japanese and Swedish dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Swedish Speaking population

Japanese and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Swedish on Japanese vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Swedish Language Codes

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

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