Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Sweden
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Finland
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
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Derived From
Old Norse Language
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Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Chinese.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
tacka dig
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
hur mår du
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
godnatt
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
god kväll
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
god morgon
早安 (Zǎo ān)
I Love You
jag älskar dig
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Dialects
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Gabon
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Georgia
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
France
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
Svenska
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
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French Name
suédois
chinois
German Name
Schwedisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
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Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Han
Origin
13th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Early Forms
Old Swedish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
swed1254
sini1245
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Swedish and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swedish and Chinese Speaking population
Swedish and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Swedish vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swedish and Chinese Language Codes
Swedish and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.