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Swedish vs Turkish


Turkish vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
11  
5

National Language
Sweden  
Turkey  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hej  
Merhaba  

Thank You
tacka dig  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
godnatt  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
god kväll  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
god morgon  
günaydın  

Please
vänligen  
lütfen  

Sorry
ledsen  
üzgünüm  

Bye
hej då  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
6
26,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
2
480,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
France  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
1
140,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.95 %  
21

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Svenska  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
suédois  
turc  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Turkish  

History

Origin
13th Century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Turkic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
89  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
tur  

ISO 639 3
swe  
tur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swed1254  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Swedish and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Turkish language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Swedish vs Turkish Difficulty

The Swedish vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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