Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
hej
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
晚安
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
god morgon
  
Please
请
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
ledsen
  
Bye
再见
  
hej då
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
Not Available
  
suédois
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
17th century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Swedish language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Swedish Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.