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Spanish vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
46  
1

National Language
Sweden  
Spain  

Second Language
Finland  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hej  
hola  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Gracias  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Buenos Días  

Please
vänligen  
Por Favor  

Sorry
ledsen  
triste  

Bye
hej då  
adiós  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
France  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
3,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Svenska  
Español  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
suédois  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Spanish people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
89  
99+
2  
2

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
spa  

ISO 639 3
swe  
spa  

ISO 639 6
swe  
spa  

Glottocode
swed1254  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Swedish and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Spanish language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Swedish vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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