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Countries

Countries

European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

45
0 46
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National Language

Sweden
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Antartica, Europe
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)

Interesting Facts

  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Norwegian and Danish Language
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

Old Norse Language
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2929
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

920
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1820
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hej
Hallo

Thank You

tacka dig
Mange tak

How Are You?

hur mår du
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

godnatt
God nat

Good Evening

god kväll
God aften

Good Afternoon

god eftermiddag
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

god morgon
God morgen

Please

vänligen
Please

Sorry

ledsen
Undskyld!

Bye

hej då
Farvel

I Love You

jag älskar dig
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

ursäkta mig
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dialects
Scanian

Where They Speak

Gabon
Sweden

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dialects
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Georgia
Denmark

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Dialects
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

France
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

96,000,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

794
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.00 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.70 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Svenska
dansk

Alternative Names

Ruotsi, Svenska
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

suédois
danois

German Name

Schwedisch
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Swedes, Finland Swedes
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

13th Century
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
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Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Swedish
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Standard Swedish
Rigsdansk

Language Position

8918
1 120
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Signed Forms

Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Signed Danish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sv
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swe
dan

ISO 639 2/B

swe
dan

ISO 639 3

swe
dan

ISO 639 6

swe
dan

Glottocode

swed1254
dani1284

Linguasphere

52-AAA-ck to -cw
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Swedish and Danish Alphabets

Swedish and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swedish and Danish. In Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Swedish and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swedish and Danish languages. The Swedish phonology consist Swedish vowels and Swedish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swedish greetings vs Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swedish and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swedish and Danish Speaking population

Swedish and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Swedish and Danish on Swedish vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Danish Language Codes

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