1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sweden
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
France, Germany, Indonesia
1.7 Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
1.9 Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
German and English Languages
1.10 Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
hur mår du
hoe gaat het met je?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
goedemiddag
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
jag älskar dig
Ik hou van jou
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
78,000,000.004,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France
Belgium, Netherlands
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
96,000,000.001,300,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
15.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.70 million22.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Hollands, Nederlands
5.3.4 French Name
suédois
néerlandais; flamand
5.3.5 German Name
Schwedisch
Niederländisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Dutch people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Swedish
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Standard Dutch
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
52-ACB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology