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German and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
7  
8

National Language
Sweden  
Germany  

Second Language
Finland  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Council for German Orthography  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
18  
8
9  
1

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
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
hej  
hallo  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Danke  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
godnatt  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
god kväll  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
god morgon  
guten Morgen  

Please
vänligen  
bitte  

Sorry
ledsen  
Verzeihung  

Bye
hej då  
Tschüs  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
6
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
2
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
France  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
1
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Svenska  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
suédois  
allemand  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Germans  

History

Origin
13th Century  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Germanic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
89  
99+
9  
9

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
ger  

ISO 639 3
swe  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
swed1254  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

Summary >>
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All Swedish and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swedish and German Speaking population

Swedish and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and German languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Swedish vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and German Language Codes

Swedish and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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