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
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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
Dialect 2
Dialects
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Georgia
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Dialects
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
France
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
nepa1254
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
12
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.