Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
vänligen
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
hej då
  
bye
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
suédois
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
13th Century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Swedish and Kazakh 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 Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Kazakh language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Swedish vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.