1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sweden
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
hej
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
tacka dig
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
hur mår du
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
godnatt
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
god kväll
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
god morgon
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ledsen
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
jag älskar dig
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
78,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
78,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
15.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.70 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Koreans
6 History
6.1 Origin
13th Century
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Swedish
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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