Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
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
  
National Language
Sweden
  
France
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Bonjour
  
Please
vänligen
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
désolé
  
Bye
hej då
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Svenska
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Français
  
French Name
suédois
  
français
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic