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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Finland  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
18  
8
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
hej  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
tacka dig  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
godnatt  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
god kväll  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
god morgon  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
vänligen  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
ledsen  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
hej då  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
6
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
2
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
France  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
Svenska  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
suédois  
pendjabi  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
13th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
89  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
pan  

ISO 639 3
swe  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swed1254  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Swedish and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Punjabi language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Punjabi Language History.

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

Swedish vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Swedish vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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