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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  
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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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

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  
9
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Dialects  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
France  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
76,000,000.00  
8

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 %  
17

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

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  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

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
swe  
vie  

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
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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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