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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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