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Swedish and Korean


Korean and Swedish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
21  
18

How Many Consonants
18  
8
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

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)  

Bye
hej då  
안녕 (annyeong)  

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

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
France  
China, North Korea  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
Svenska  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
suédois  
coréen  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Koreans  

History

Origin
13th Century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

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

Language Position
89  
99+
12  
11

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
kor  

ISO 639 3
swe  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
swe  
kor  

Glottocode
swed1254  
kore1280  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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All Swedish and Korean 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 Swedish and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swedish and Korean Speaking population

Swedish and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Swedish and Korean on Swedish vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Korean Language Codes

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

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