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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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