Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Norway
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
jag älskar dig
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Dialects
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Gabon
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Dialects
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Georgia
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Dialects
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
France
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
13th Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
norw1258
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Swedish and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Norwegian language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Swedish vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.