Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
France
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
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Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
hej
  
Thank You
Merci
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
god morgon
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
désolé
  
ledsen
  
Bye
au revoir
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
African French
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
français
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
français
  
suédois
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
9th Century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
French and Swedish 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 French and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Swedish language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common French Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Swedish Difficulty
The French vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Swedish 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 French and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.