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Swedish vs Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
India  
Sweden  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
18  
8

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
hej  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
hur mår du  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
godnatt  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
god morgon  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
vänligen  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
ledsen  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
hej då  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Georgia  

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

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
France  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
19
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
marathe  
suédois  

German Name
Marathi  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
10th century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
17  
15
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
swe  

ISO 639 3
mar  
swe  

ISO 639 6
mar  
swe  

Glottocode
mara1378  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
omr  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Marathi and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Swedish language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th 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 Marathi and Swedish Language History.

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

Marathi vs Swedish Difficulty

The Marathi vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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