Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Ukraine
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
vänligen
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
hej då
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
France
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
25
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Not Available
  
French Name
suédois
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
13th Century
  
1561
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic