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Chinese vs Danish


Danish vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
5  
10

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
20  
17

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Hallo  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
God nat  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
God morgen  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Please  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Undskyld!  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Farvel  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
chinois  
danois  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
dan  

ISO 639 3
zho  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Chinese and Danish Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Danish language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. 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 Chinese and Danish Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Danish language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Danish Difficulty

The Chinese vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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