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Chinese and Danish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
5   
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
24   
19

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Mange tak   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

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

Good Night
God nat   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
God aften   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
God morgen   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Please   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Farvel   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

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

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

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

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
China, United States of America   

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

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Yue   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
dansk   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Not Available   

French Name
danois   
chinois   

German Name
Dänisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Han   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
chi   

ISO 639 3
dan   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
sini1245   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Danish and Chinese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Danish and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Danish and Chinese Speaking population

Danish and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Danish and Chinese on Danish vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Chinese Language Codes

Danish and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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