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Swedish vs Romanian


Romanian vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

National Language
Sweden   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Finland   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
18   
8
20   
10

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   
alo   

Thank You
tacka dig   
multumesc   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
godnatt   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
god kväll   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
god morgon   
bună Dimineața   

Please
vänligen   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
ledsen   
scuze   

Bye
hej då   
La revedere   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
France   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Svenska   
Română   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
suédois   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Romanians   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Romanian   

Language Position
89   
99+
36   
28

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
rum   

ISO 639 3
swe   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Swedish and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Romanian language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Swedish vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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