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Turkish vs Swedish


Swedish vs Turkish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
4  
11

National Language
Turkey  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

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
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
hej  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
godnatt  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
günaydın  
god morgon  

Please
lütfen  
vänligen  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
ledsen  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
hej då  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Dialects  

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

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

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Dialects  

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

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

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
France  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Türkçe  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
turc  
suédois  

German Name
Türkisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
13th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Germanic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
19  
17
89  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
swe  

ISO 639 3
tur  
swe  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
swed1254  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Turkish and Swedish Language History

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

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

Turkish vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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