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Russian and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Sweden   
Russia   

Second Language
Finland   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hej   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
tacka dig   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
godnatt   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
god kväll   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
god morgon   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
vänligen   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
ledsen   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
hej då   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
France   
Novgorod   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Svenska   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Russki   

French Name
suédois   
russe   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Russians   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
89   
99+
7   
7

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
rus   

ISO 639 3
swe   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Swedish and Russian Speaking population

Swedish and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Swedish vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Russian Language Codes

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

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