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Czech vs Swedish


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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