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Japanese vs Swedish


Swedish vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
14   
4
18   
8

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.13 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
8   
8
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Japanese and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Swedish language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Swedish Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Swedish language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Swedish Difficulty

The Japanese vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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