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Japanese and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Sweden  
Japan  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

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

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
hej  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
tacka dig  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
godnatt  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
god kväll  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
god morgon  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
vänligen  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
ledsen  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
hej då  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
France  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Nihongo  

French Name
suédois  
japonais  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
13th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Japanese  

Language Position
89  
99+
8  
8

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
swe  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
swe  
jpn  

Glottocode
swed1254  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Swedish and Japanese Speaking population

Swedish and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Swedish vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Japanese Language Codes

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

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