Swedish and Cantonese
Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Sweden
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
hur mår du
你好吗？
Good Evening
god kväll
晚上好
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
下午好
Good Morning
god morgon
早上好
I Love You
jag älskar dig
我爱你
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
原谅我
Dialect 1
Dialects
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Gabon
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dialects
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Georgia
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Dialects
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
France
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Svenska
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
suédois
Not Available
German Name
Schwedisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Not Available
Origin
13th Century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Swedish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
sv
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
swe
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
swe
Not Available
ISO 639 3
swe
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
cant1236
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Swedish and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swedish and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swedish and Cantonese Speaking population
Swedish and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Swedish and Cantonese on Swedish vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swedish and Cantonese Language Codes
Swedish and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.