Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Sweden
India, Nepal
Second Language
Finland
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2947
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1822
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hej
pranam
Thank You
tacka dig
dhanyabad
How Are You?
hur mår du
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
godnatt
Śubharātri
Good Evening
god kväll
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
god morgon
Suprabhaat
Please
vänligen
kripaya
Sorry
ledsen
maf karai
Bye
hej då
Alavidā
I Love You
jag älskar dig
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
kripaya
Dialect 1
Dialects
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Gabon
Nepal
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dialects
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Georgia
North India
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Dialects
Khortha
Where They Speak
France
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
7915
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.70 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Svenska
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
suédois
maithili
German Name
Schwedisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Maithil
Origin
13th Century
14th century
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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Standard Maithili
Language Position
8940
1
120
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Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sv
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swe
mai
ISO 639 2/B
swe
mai
ISO 639 3
swe
mai
ISO 639 6
swe
mai
Glottocode
swed1254
mait1250
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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