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Slovak vs Swedish


Swedish vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Czech Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
9  
6

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
hej  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
god morgon  

Please
Prosím  
vänligen  

Sorry
Pardón!  
ledsen  

Bye
Dovidenia  
hej då  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
France  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
slovaque  
suédois  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
6th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Western  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
27  
25
89  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
swe  

ISO 639 3
slk  
swe  

ISO 639 6
slk  
swe  

Glottocode
slov1269  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Slovak and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Swedish language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak and Swedish Language History.

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

Slovak vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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