Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Sweden
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
vänligen
  
thov
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
hej då
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Mong
  
French Name
suédois
  
hmong
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swedish and Hmong 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 Swedish and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Hmong language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Hmong Difficulty
The Swedish vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Hmong 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 Swedish and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.