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Swedish vs Finnish


Finnish vs 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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Swedish and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Finnish language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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Swedish and Finnish 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 Finnish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Finnish language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Finnish word for "Thank You" is Kiitos. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Finnish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swedish vs Finnish Difficulty

The Swedish vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Finnish 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 Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.

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