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Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Sweden  
Philippines  

Second Language
Finland  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hej  
Kamusta  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
vänligen  
pakiusap  

Sorry
ledsen  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
hej då  
Paálam  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
France  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
Svenska  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
suédois  
tagalog  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Filipino  

Language Position
89  
99+
58  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
swe  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
swe  
tgl  

Glottocode
swed1254  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Swedish and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Tagalog language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Tagalog Language History.

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

Swedish vs Tagalog Difficulty

The Swedish vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.

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