Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Sweden
  
India
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
vänligen
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
hej då
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
France
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
suédois
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th Century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available