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
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Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ursäkta mig
Where They Speak
South Korea
Gabon
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Dialects
Where They Speak
South Korea
Georgia
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Dialects
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
France
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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)
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
swed1254
Linguasphere
45-AAA
52-AAA-ck to -cw
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.