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Swedish vs Nepali


Nepali vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
18   
8
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
790,000.00   
30

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Language Position
89   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Swedish and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Nepali language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali Language History.

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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.

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