Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Sweden
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia
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
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
hej
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
tacka dig
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
hur mår du
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
godnatt
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
god kväll
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
god morgon
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
vänligen
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
ledsen
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
jag älskar dig
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Gabon
South Korea
Dialect 2
Dialects
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Georgia
South Korea
Dialect 3
Dialects
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
France
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Svenska
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
suédois
coréen
German Name
Schwedisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Koreans
Origin
13th Century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
kore1280
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Swedish and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Korean language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Korean Difficulty
The Swedish vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.