Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
India
  
National Language
Sweden
  
India
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
vänligen
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
hej då
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
France
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
suédois
  
oriya
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Odias
  
Origin
13th Century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swedish and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Oriya language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Oriya Difficulty
The Swedish vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.