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Swedish and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
4   
11

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Sweden   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Antartica, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
hej   

Thank You
Thank you   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
How are you?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Good Night   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
god morgon   

Please
Please   
vänligen   

Sorry
Sorry   
ledsen   

Bye
Bye   
hej då   

I Love You
I love you   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
France   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
English   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
anglais   
suédois   

German Name
Englisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
3   
3
89   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
swe   

ISO 639 3
eng   
swe   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All English and Swedish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Swedish dialects. Various dialects of English and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Swedish Speaking population

English and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of English and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Swedish on English vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Swedish Language Codes

English and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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