Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
vänligen
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
hej då
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Svenska
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
suédois
  
népalais
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
13th Century
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Nepali
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Swedish and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Nepali language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Nepali Difficulty
The Swedish vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.