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Countries

Countries
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  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
4  
11

National Language
France  
Sweden  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
hej  

Thank You
Merci  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
godnatt  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
god morgon  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
vänligen  

Sorry
désolé  
ledsen  

Bye
au revoir  
hej då  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
African French  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
France  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
français  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Français  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
français  
suédois  

German Name
Französisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
9th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
13  
12
89  
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
swe  

ISO 639 3
fra  
swe  

ISO 639 6
fras  
swe  

Glottocode
stan1290  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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French and Swedish Language History

Comparison of French vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of French and Swedish language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 French and Swedish Language History.

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

French vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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