Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Sweden
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Africa, Asia
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
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Arabic.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
hur mår du
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
godnatt
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
god kväll
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
مساء الخير
Good Morning
god morgon
صباح الخير
I Love You
jag älskar dig
أحبك
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Dialects
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Gabon
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dialects
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Georgia
Sudan
Dialect 3
Dialects
Levantine
Where They Speak
France
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
Svenska
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
suédois
arabe
German Name
Schwedisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Arabs
Origin
13th Century
512 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
North Arabic
Early Forms
Old Swedish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
arab1395
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Swedish and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Arabic language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Arabic Difficulty
The Swedish vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.