Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Serbo-Croatian
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
hej
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
god morgon
  
Please
Prosim
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Not available
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
slovène
  
suédois
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
972-1093
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Slovene
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Slovene 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 Slovene and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Swedish language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovene vs Swedish Difficulty
The Slovene vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.