Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
vänligen
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
hej då
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Svenska
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
suédois
  
birman
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Swedish and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Burmese language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Burmese Difficulty
The Swedish vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.