Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Abkhazia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
hej
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
vänligen
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Not Available
  
Bye
hej då
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Caucasus
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
suédois
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Swedish and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Swedish and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Abkhaz language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Swedish vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Swedish and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.