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Indonesian vs Swedish


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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