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Chinese vs Swedish


Swedish vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Sweden   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
9   
6

How Many Consonants
23   
13
18   
8

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
hej   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
hur mår du   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
godnatt   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
god morgon   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
vänligen   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
ledsen   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
hej då   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Wu   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Yue   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
France   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
chinois   
suédois   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
13th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
1   
1
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
swe   

ISO 639 3
zho   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Chinese and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Swedish language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Chinese and Swedish Language History.

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Chinese and Swedish 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 Chinese and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Swedish language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Swedish Difficulty

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