Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
God morgen
  
Please
请
  
Please
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
再见
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
Not Available
  
danois
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
17th century
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Rigsdansk
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Cantonese and Danish 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 Cantonese and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Danish language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Danish Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Danish 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 Cantonese and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.