Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Turkey
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Turkish Language Association
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Azerbaijani Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Merhaba
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
teşekkür ederim
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Nasılsın?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
İyi Geceler
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
İyi Akşamlar
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Tünaydın
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
günaydın
  
Please
vänligen
  
lütfen
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
üzgünüm
  
Bye
hej då
  
Hoşçakal
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Seni seviyorum
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Afedersiniz
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
26,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Crimean Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
23
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Svenska
  
Türkçe
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
French Name
suédois
  
turc
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Türkisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Turkish
  
Origin
13th Century
  
c. 1350
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
tr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
tur
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
tur
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
tur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
nucl1301
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic