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Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Finland  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
18  
8
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hej  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
tacka dig  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
godnatt  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
god kväll  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
god morgon  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
vänligen  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
ledsen  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
hej då  
الوداع  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
India  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
6
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
India  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
France  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
Svenska  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Bihari  

French Name
suédois  
ourdou  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Not Available  

History

Origin
13th Century  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
89  
99+
20  
18

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
urd  

ISO 639 3
swe  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swed1254  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Swedish and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Urdu language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Swedish vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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