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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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