Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
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
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
vänligen
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
hej då
  
Babay
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
France
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Svenska
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
suédois
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swedish and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Cebuano language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Swedish vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.