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Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
10   
6

National Language
Sweden   
Portugal   

Second Language
Finland   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
18   
8
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hej   
Olá   

Thank You
tacka dig   
obrigado   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Como você está?   

Good Night
godnatt   
boa noite   

Good Evening
god kväll   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
god morgon   
bom Dia   

Please
vänligen   
Por Favor   

Sorry
ledsen   
pesaroso   

Bye
hej då   
tchau   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Dialects   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
France   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Svenska   
Português   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Português   

French Name
suédois   
portugais   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
13th Century   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Romance   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Portuguese   

Language Position
89   
99+
6   
6

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
por   

ISO 639 3
swe   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
port1283   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Swedish and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Portuguese language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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Swedish and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Portuguese language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swedish vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Swedish vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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