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Swedish vs Czech


Czech vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Sweden   
Czech Republic   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Institute of the Czech Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
32   
21

How Many Consonants
18   
8
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hej   
ahoj   

Thank You
tacka dig   
děkuji   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
godnatt   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
god kväll   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
god morgon   
dobré ráno   

Please
vänligen   
prosím   

Sorry
ledsen   
litovat   

Bye
hej då   
sbohem   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
France   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
suédois   
tchèque   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Czechs   

History

Origin
13th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
89   
99+
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
cze   

ISO 639 3
swe   
ces   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
53-AAA-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Swedish and Czech Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Czech language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Czech Language History.

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Swedish and Czech 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 Czech greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Czech language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Czech word for "Thank You" is děkuji. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Czech Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swedish vs Czech Difficulty

The Swedish vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Czech 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 Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.

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