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Korean and Swedish


Swedish and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
18   
8

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
hej   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
hur mår du   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
godnatt   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
god morgon   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
vänligen   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
ledsen   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
hej då   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
coréen   
suédois   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
13th Century   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
12   
11
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
swe   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Korean and Swedish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Swedish dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Swedish Speaking population

Korean and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Swedish on Korean vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Swedish Language Codes

Korean and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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