Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
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 in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
15.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.