Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Wales
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Helô
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Bore da
  
Please
vänligen
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
hej då
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
suédois
  
gallois
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Swedish and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Welsh language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Welsh Difficulty
The Swedish vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.