Countries
Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
4
11
3
12
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
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
29
11
62
36
Phonology
How Many Vowels
9
6
2
1
How Many Consonants
18
8
60
36
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
5
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks
6
27 weeks
8
Greetings
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
Dialects
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
Total No. Of Dialects
79
33
3
3
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
99+
0.13 million
99+
Speaking Population
0.13 %
99+
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
History
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
89
99+
Not Available
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
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
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