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Swedish vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Sweden   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Finland   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Asia, Europe, South America   

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   
Akademio de Esperanto   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
27   
17

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
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
hej   
Halo   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Dankon   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
godnatt   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
god kväll   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
god morgon   
Bonan matenon   

Please
vänligen   
Mi petas   

Sorry
ledsen   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
hej då   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Not present   

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

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Not present   

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

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Not present   

Where They Speak
France   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Svenska   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
suédois   
espéranto   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1887   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Esperanto   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
epo   

ISO 639 3
swe   
epo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Swedish and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Esperanto language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Swedish vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Swedish vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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