Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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 in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
jag älskar dig
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Dialects
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Gabon
Greece
Where They Speak
Georgia
Italy
Dialect 3
Dialects
Mariupol
Where They Speak
France
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
13th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Hellenic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
swed1254
gree1276
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Swedish and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Greek language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Greek Difficulty
The Swedish vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.