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Swedish vs Spanish


Spanish vs Swedish


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
46   
1

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
22   
12

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   
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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
6.15 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
89   
99+
2   
2

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Swedish and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Spanish language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Swedish vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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