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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
I love you
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
American English
Dialects
Where They Speak
United States of America
Gabon
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Dialects
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Georgia
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Dialects
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
France
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
Origin
5th Century AD
13th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Swedish
Signed Forms
Signed English
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
swed1254
Linguasphere
52-ABA
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available
English 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 English and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Swedish language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common English Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Swedish Difficulty
The English vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.
