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Nepali vs Swedish


Swedish vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Nepal   
Sweden   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
18   
8

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
hej   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
hur mår du   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
godnatt   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
god morgon   

Please
कृपया   
vänligen   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
ledsen   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
hej då   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
népalais   
suédois   

German Name
Nepali   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
19 BC   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
59   
99+
89   
99+

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

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
swe   

ISO 639 3
npi   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
12   
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   
Not Available   

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Nepali and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Swedish language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Swedish Language History.

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

Nepali vs Swedish Difficulty

The Nepali vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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