Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
National Language
Russia
Sweden
Second Language
Afganistan
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
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Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
hej
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
tacka dig
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
hur mår du
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
godnatt
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
god kväll
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
god morgon
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
vänligen
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
ledsen
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
hej då
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Dialects
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Gabon
Dialect 2
Olonets
Dialects
Where They Speak
Olonets
Georgia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Dialects
Where They Speak
Novgorod
France
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Svenska
Alternative Names
Russki
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
russe
suédois
German Name
Russisch
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Russians
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
1000 AD
13th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Eastern
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard Swedish
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
swed1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Russian and Swedish Speaking population
Russian and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Swedish on Russian vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Swedish Language Codes
Russian and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.