Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
India
  
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
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
NA
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
hej
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
vänligen
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
hej då
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
suédois
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
13th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available