Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
hola
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
vänligen
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
triste
  
Bye
hej då
  
adiós
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Svenska
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
suédois
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th Century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic