Are French and Swedish similar?
Not at all. Completely different. French is a romance language, Swedish is Germanic. You will find some words for furniture being the same, but with different spelling (same phenomenon in Turkish).
Are Norwegian and French similar?
Both English and Norwegian are Germanic languages, the former with a significant influence of Norman dialects of the old French language, whereas the latter originates from Old Norse just like modern Swedish, Danish, Icelandic and Faeroese.
Is Swedish influenced by French?
In the 1700s, French culture and the French language became a big influence on the Swedish monarchy. Swedish king Gustave III received a French education as a child. Several prominent Swedish nobles studied in France. Influenced by the French Academy of Sciences, Sweden created the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
What language is closest to French?
The languages that are most similar to French are Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, and others like Romanian.
What language is closest to Italian?
the language closest to Italian is grammatically French, while the closest language is Spanish.
Is French easier than Norwegian?
Norwegian probably the easiest, due to the relative simplicity of the grammar compared to the other two. (Would like to note that I’m no expert, although I do speak Swedish and Icelandic (and read Danish and Norwegian) fluently. I also speak French almost fluently and studied German for a few years a long time ago 🙂 )
Can a Norwegian understand Swedish?
Mutual intelligibility. Generally, speakers of the three largest Scandinavian languages (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish) can read and speak each other’s languages without great difficulty. This is especially true of Danish and Norwegian. The primary obstacles to mutual comprehension are differences in pronunciation.
How much of Swedish is French?
Swedish is the official language of Sweden and is spoken by the vast majority of the 10.23 million inhabitants of the country….
| Languages of Sweden | |
|---|---|
| Foreign | English (86\%), German (30\%), French (11\%) |
| Signed | Swedish Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | Swedish QWERTY for Windows |
How many Swedish people are in France?
30,000
Swedes
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| France | 30,000 |
| Germany | 23,000 |
| Brazil | 23,000 (ancestry) |
| Spain | 20,385 |