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Korean vs Swedish


Swedish vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
18   
8

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
hej   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
hur mår du   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
godnatt   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
god morgon   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
vänligen   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
ledsen   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
hej då   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
France   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
coréen   
suédois   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
13th Century   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
12   
11
89   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
swe   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Korean and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Swedish language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Swedish Language History.

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

Korean vs Swedish Difficulty

The Korean vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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