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Greek and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Sweden  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Finland  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
18  
8
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hej  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
tacka dig  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
godnatt  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
god kväll  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
god morgon  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
vänligen  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
ledsen  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
hej då  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
France  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Svenska  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
suédois  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
13th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Hellenic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
89  
99+
74  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
gre  

ISO 639 3
swe  
ell  

ISO 639 6
swe  
ells  

Glottocode
swed1254  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
56-AAA-a  

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

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Swedish and Greek Speaking population

Swedish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Swedish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Greek Language Codes

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

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