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Czech vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Czech Republic, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
Czech Republic  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Institute of the Czech Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
32  
21

How Many Consonants
18  
8
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hej  
ahoj  

Thank You
tacka dig  
děkuji  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Jak se máš?  

Good Night
godnatt  
dobrou noc  

Good Evening
god kväll  
dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
dobré odpoledne  

Good Morning
god morgon  
dobré ráno  

Please
vänligen  
prosím  

Sorry
ledsen  
litovat  

Bye
hej då  
sbohem  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Miluji tě  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
promiňte  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Chod  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Chodsko, Bohemia  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Lach  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
10,500,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Moravian  

Where They Speak
France  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
108,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
čeština / český jazyk  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Bohemian, Cestina  

French Name
suédois  
tchèque  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Tschechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Czechs  

History

Origin
13th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Standard Czech  

Language Position
89  
99+
73  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
cs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
ces  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
cze  

ISO 639 3
swe  
ces  

ISO 639 6
swe  
ces  

Glottocode
swed1254  
czec1258  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
53-AAA-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Swedish and Czech Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Czech language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swedish and Czech Language History.

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Swedish and Czech Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Swedish and Czech greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Czech language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Czech word for "Thank You" is děkuji. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Czech Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swedish vs Czech Difficulty

The Swedish vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Czech Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Swedish and Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.

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