Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
vänligen
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
hej då
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Svenska
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
suédois
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swedish and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Tagalog language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Swedish vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.