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Finnish and Swedish


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   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
18   
8
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hej   
Moi   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
godnatt   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
god kväll   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
god morgon   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
vänligen   
haluta   

Sorry
ledsen   
Anteeksi   

Bye
hej då   
Heippa   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Finland   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Finland, Rauma   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
France   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Svenska   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Suomi   

French Name
suédois   
finnois   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1543   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
fin   

ISO 639 3
swe   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Swedish and Finnish Speaking population

Swedish and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 Finnish on Swedish vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Finnish Language Codes

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

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