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Swedish vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

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   

History

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   

Language Position
89   
99+
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Swedish and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Cebuano language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swedish and Cebuano Language History.

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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.

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