Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
ciao
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
buongiorno
  
Please
vänligen
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
scusate
  
Bye
hej då
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Svenska
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Italiano
  
French Name
suédois
  
italien
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Italians
  
Origin
13th Century
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Swedish and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Italian language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Italian Difficulty
The Swedish vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.