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Swedish and Finnish Speaking countries


Finnish and Swedish Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Sweden   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Finland   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

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

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

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Swedish and Finnish as Minority Language

In Swedish and Finnish speaking countries you will get the countries which have Swedish and Finnish as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Swedish as minority language: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.

If you want to compare Swedish and Finnish dialects, then you can go to Swedish vs Finnish Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Swedish and Finnish Regulators

Swedish and Finnish speaking countries provide you Swedish and Finnish regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council regulates Swedish language.Finnish is regulated by Institute for the Languages of Finland. Also get to learn, Swedish and Finnish Language History.

Swedish and Finnish Continents

Thinking about Swedish and Finnish continents in which Swedish and Finnish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Swedish and Finnish. Most of the Swedish speaking countries lie in Antartica, Europe. While Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Swedish and Finnish languages:

Swedish Interesting Facts:

Finnish Interesting Facts:

The Swedish language was derived from Old Norse Language and is similar to Norwegian and Danish Language whereas Swedish language is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages and derived from Not Available.

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