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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
-  
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  
19
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  
9

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
France  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
96,000,000.00  
5

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 %  
17
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
coréen  
suédois  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
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
kor  
swe  

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  
-  

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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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