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Swedish and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Russia  
Sweden  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
hej  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
god morgon  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
vänligen  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
ledsen  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
hej då  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
France  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
russe  
suédois  

German Name
Russisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Eastern  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
7  
7
89  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
swe  

ISO 639 3
rus  
swe  

ISO 639 6
rus  
swe  

Glottocode
russ1263  
swed1254  

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

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Russian and Swedish Speaking population

Russian and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Swedish on Russian vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Swedish Language Codes

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

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