Countries
Philippines
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Tagalog Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
hej
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
god morgon
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Paalam
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
filipino
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
suédois
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
16th Century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Swedish language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Swedish Difficulty
The Filipino vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.