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Swedish vs Italian


Italian vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
7   
8

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.90 %   
22

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   

History

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   

Language Position
89   
99+
27   
23

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Swedish and Italian Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Italian language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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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.

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