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Swedish vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
4   
11

National Language
Spain   
Sweden   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
22   
12
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hola   
hej   

Thank You
Gracias   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
god morgon   

Please
Por Favor   
vänligen   

Sorry
triste   
ledsen   

Bye
adiós   
hej då   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
France   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Español   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
suédois   

German Name
Spanisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
210 BC   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
2   
2
89   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
swe   

ISO 639 3
spa   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Spanish and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Swedish language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Swedish Language History.

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

Spanish vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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