Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Czech Republic
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
vänligen
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
hej då
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Svenska
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
suédois
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Swedish and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Vietnamese language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Swedish vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.