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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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