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Swedish vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Czech Republic  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
9  
6

How Many Consonants
32  
22
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ahoj  
hej  

Thank You
děkuji  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Jak se máš?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
dobrou noc  
godnatt  

Good Evening
dobrý večer  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
dobré ráno  
god morgon  

Please
prosím  
vänligen  

Sorry
litovat  
ledsen  

Bye
sbohem  
hej då  

I Love You
Miluji tě  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
promiňte  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
78,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Lach  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
78,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Moravian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  
France  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
27
96,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
tchèque  
suédois  

German Name
Tschechisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Czechs  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
9th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Western  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Standard Czech  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
73  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cs  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
cze  
swe  

ISO 639 3
ces  
swe  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
czec1258  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Czech and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Czech vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and Swedish language. History of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 Czech and Swedish Language History.

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

Czech vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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