Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Halo
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
vänligen
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
hej då
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
suédois
  
slovène
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
13th Century
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Swedish and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Slovene language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Slovene Difficulty
The Swedish vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.