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Danish vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
5  
10

National Language
Austria  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Hallo  

Thank You
hvala  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
kako si  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
laku noć  
God nat  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
God morgen  

Please
molim  
Please  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Farvel  

I Love You
Volim te  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Denmark  

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
Not Available  

Native Name
hrvatski  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
croate  
danois  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
9th century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
dan  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Croatian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Danish language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Danish Language History.

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

Croatian vs Danish Difficulty

The Croatian vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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