Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
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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 (Nín hǎo)
  
hej
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
god morgon
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
chinois
  
suédois
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
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 Chinese
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Chinese 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 Chinese and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Swedish language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Swedish Difficulty
The Chinese vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.