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Chinese vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
5   
10

National Language
Sweden   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Finland   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
24   
19

How Many Consonants
18   
8
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
hej   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
tacka dig   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
godnatt   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
god kväll   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
god morgon   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
vänligen   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
ledsen   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
hej då   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Yue   

Where They Speak
France   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Svenska   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Not Available   

French Name
suédois   
chinois   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Han   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
89   
99+
1   
1

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
chi   

ISO 639 3
swe   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Swedish and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Chinese language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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