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Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Sweden  
India  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
16  
13

How Many Consonants
18  
8
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
hej  
Namaskar  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
vänligen  
Chike  

Sorry
ledsen  
Maf kor  

Bye
hej då  
Adeus  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
-  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France  
-  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
suédois  
konkani  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
13th Century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Kokani  

Language Position
89  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
kok  

ISO 639 3
swe  
kok  

ISO 639 6
swe  
kok  

Glottocode
swed1254  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Swedish and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Konkani language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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Swedish and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Konkani language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swedish vs Konkani Difficulty

The Swedish vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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