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Urdu vs Swedish


Swedish vs Urdu


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Pakistan  
Sweden  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Antartica, Europe  

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

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

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

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
hej  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
hur mår du  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
godnatt  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
god morgon  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
vänligen  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
ledsen  

Bye
الوداع  
hej då  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
India  
Gabon  

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

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
India  
Georgia  

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

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
France  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
اُردُو  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
ourdou  
suédois  

German Name
Urdu  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
20  
18
89  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
swe  

ISO 639 3
urd  
swe  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
swed1254  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Urdu and Swedish Language History

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

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

Urdu vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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