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Swedish vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
1.14 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
89   
99+
14   
13

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Swedish and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Vietnamese language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swedish and Vietnamese Language History.

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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.

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