Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
God nat
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Please
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Farvel
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
South Korea
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
dansk
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
danois
  
coréen
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Koreans
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative