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Dutch vs Swedish


Swedish vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Sweden  

Second Language
South Africa  
Finland  

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

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

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

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
Hallo  
hej  

Thank You
dankjewel  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
godnatt  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
god morgon  

Please
alsjeblieft  
vänligen  

Sorry
sorry  
ledsen  

Bye
vaarwel  
hej då  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
pardon  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
78,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
78,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
France  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
96,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Nederlands  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
suédois  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Germanic  

Branch
Western  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
48  
35
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
swe  

ISO 639 3
nld  
swe  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Dutch and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Swedish language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Swedish Language History.

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

Dutch vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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