Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
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 in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
0
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.