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Countries

Countries

European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Norway

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Sweden
Norway

Second Language

Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Antartica, Europe
Europe, South America

Minority Language

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Nynorsk

Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Norwegian Language Council

Interesting Facts

  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.

Similar To

Norwegian and Danish Language
Swedish and Danish Languages

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2929
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

99
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

64
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
takk

How Are You?

hur mår du
hvordan har du det?

Good Night

godnatt
god natt

Good Evening

god kväll
god kveld

Good Afternoon

god eftermiddag
god ettermiddag

Good Morning

god morgon
god morgen

Please

vänligen
Vær så snill

Sorry

ledsen
unnskyld

Bye

hej då
ha det

I Love You

jag älskar dig
Jeg Elsker Deg

Excuse Me

ursäkta mig
unnskyld meg

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dialects
Jamtlandic

Where They Speak

Gabon
Jamtland,Harjedalen

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dialects
Sognamål

Where They Speak

Georgia
Sogn

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Dialects
Hallingmål-Valdris

Where They Speak

France
Hallingdal, Valdres

How Many People Speak

96,000,000.005,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

7919
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.00 million5.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.70 million5.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Svenska
Norsk

Alternative Names

Ruotsi, Svenska
Norsk

French Name

suédois
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien

German Name

Schwedisch
Nynorsk

Pronunciation

[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)

Ethnicity

Swedes, Finland Swedes
Norwegians

History

Origin

13th Century
c. 1300 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Germanic

Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Swedish
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian

Standard Forms

Standard Swedish
Nynorsk, Bokmål

Language Position

8918
1 120
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Signed Forms

Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Signed Norwegian

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sv
no

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swe
nor

ISO 639 2/B

swe
nor

ISO 639 3

swe
nor

ISO 639 6

swe
nor

Glottocode

swed1254
norw1258

Linguasphere

52-AAA-ck to -cw
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Swedish and Norwegian Alphabets

Swedish and Norwegian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swedish and Norwegian. In Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Swedish and Norwegian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swedish and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swedish and Norwegian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swedish and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Swedish and Norwegian Language Codes

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