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Chinese and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

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  
Not Available  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
24  
19

How Many Consonants
18  
8
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hej  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

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)  

Please
vänligen  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
ledsen  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
hej då  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
6
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
2
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Yue  

Where They Speak
France  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
1
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Svenska  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Not Available  

French Name
suédois  
chinois  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Han  

History

Origin
13th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
89  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
chi  

ISO 639 3
swe  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swed1254  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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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.

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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.

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