Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
سلام
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
vänligen
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
متاسف
  
Bye
hej då
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
suédois
  
persan
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Persian people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic