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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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