Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Finland
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hej
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Not Available
  
Please
vänligen
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
hej då
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
Svenska
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
suédois
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Dzongkha
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swedish and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Dzongkha language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Swedish vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.