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Danish and Croatian


Croatian and Danish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
9   
7

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Austria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

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

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
25   
15

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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
bok   

Thank You
Mange tak   
hvala   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
kako si   

Good Night
God nat   
laku noć   

Good Evening
God aften   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
God morgen   
dobro jutro   

Please
Please   
molim   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
Oprostite   

Bye
Farvel   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Croatia   

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

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Shtokavian   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
dansk   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Hrvatski   

French Name
danois   
croate   

German Name
Dänisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Croats   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European 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   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
dan   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
croa1245   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Danish and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Danish and Croatian Speaking population

Danish and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Danish vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Croatian Language Codes

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

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