Finnish and Swedish Speaking countries

Finnish

Swedish

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Countries

European Union, Finland

European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden

Total No. Of Countries

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National Language

Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden

Sweden

Second Language

Estonia

Finland

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Antartica, Europe

Minority Language

Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland

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

Interesting Facts

Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.

In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

Similar To

Estonian and Livonian Languages

Norwegian and Danish Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language

Finnish vs Swedish Countries

Comparing Finnish vs Swedish countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Finnish and Swedish languages.

Finnish Speaking Countries: European Union, Finland.
Swedish Speaking Countries: European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden.

So we find that, total number of countries where Finnish is official language is 2 whereas total number of countries where Swedish is official language is 4

Find if Finnish and Swedish are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Finnish and Swedish speaking countries will give you the presence of Finnish and Swedish languages in different countries. Along with Finnish vs Swedish countries, you can also compare Finnish vs Swedish.

Finnish and Swedish as Minority Language

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

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

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

Finnish and Swedish Regulators

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

Finnish and Swedish Continents

Thinking about Finnish and Swedish continents in which Finnish and Swedish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Swedish. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Swedish speaking countries lie in Antartica, 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 Finnish and Swedish languages:

Finnish Interesting Facts:

Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.

Swedish Interesting Facts:

In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

The Finnish language was derived from and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Norwegian and Danish Language and derived from Old Norse Language.