Countries
Japan
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Japan
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
hej
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
god morgon
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
日本語
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
japonais
  
suédois
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1185
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese and Swedish Speaking population
Japanese and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Swedish on Japanese vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Swedish Language Codes
Japanese and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.