Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
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 in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Sweden
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.