Is German spoken in Sweden?
Swedish is the official language of Sweden. German was the most important foreign language of Sweden prior to the Second World War after which English replaced German as the dominant foreign language spoken in the country.
What languages do they learn in Finland?
All children in Finland study both official languages – Finnish and Swedish – at school. Finnish is a very rare language. It belongs to the Finno-Uralic language family (related to languages like Estonian, Sami, Hungarian and Nenets) and is not spoken outside of Finland.
What is the most common language spoken in Sweden?
Swedish
Sweden/Official languages
Can a Swedish person understand German?
No, they are not. Both are Germanic languages, but Danish is North Germanic and German West Germanic.
Does everyone in Finland speak English?
English. The English language is spoken by most Finns. Official statistics in 2012 show that at least 70\% of Finnish people can speak English.
Is Finnish a Germanic language?
Not only vocabulary has been borrowed, but also many grammatical features. Most loans in present-day Finnish have come from the Germanic and Scandinavian languages, especially from Swedish.
What country speak German?
German is the most widely spoken mother language and an official language in four countries in the European Union: Germany, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg. German is also an official language in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
What percentage of the Finnish population speaks Swedish?
Swedish is the main language of 5.2\% of the population in 2019 (92.4\% in the Åland autonomous province), down from 14\% at the beginning of the 20th century. In 2012, 44\% of Finnish citizens with another registered primary language than Swedish could hold a conversation in this language.
What is the most common language spoken in Finland?
The English language is spoken by most Finns. Official statistics in 2012 show that at least 70\% of Finnish people can speak English.
Is Swedish a Germanic language?
The Swedish language is a North Germanic language that closely resembles Norwegian and Danish. The language is also given an official status in Finland where it is spoken by the ethnic Swedes of Finland.
How much do people in Finland know about English?
Knowledge of the English language in Finland, 2005. According to the Eurobarometer, 63\% of the respondents indicated that they know English well enough to have a conversation. Of these 23\% (percent, not percentage points) reported a very good knowledge of the language whereas 34\% had a good knowledge and 43\% basic English skills.