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Swedish vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Indonesia  
Sweden  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hej  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
god morgon  

Please
mohon Untuk  
vänligen  

Sorry
maaf  
ledsen  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
hej då  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
8
78,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
17
78,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
France  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
7
96,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
indonésien  
suédois  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
7th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
56  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
swe  

ISO 639 3
ind  
swe  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1316  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Indonesian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Swedish language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian and Swedish Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Swedish Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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