Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Hong Kong, Macau
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
China, Guangdong
  
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
  
Hawaii
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
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.
  
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
您好
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
谢谢
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
你好吗?
  
Good Night
God nat
  
晚安
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
晚上好
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
下午好
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
早上好
  
Please
Please
  
请
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
遗憾
  
Bye
Farvel
  
再见
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
我爱你
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
原谅我
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Guangzhou
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
outside mainland China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Xiguan
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Hong Kong
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Hong Kong
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Hong Kong
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
52.00 million
  
21
Native Name
dansk
  
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
French Name
danois
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
17th century
  
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 Cantonese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
cant1236
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Danish and Cantonese 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 Danish and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Cantonese language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Danish vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Danish and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.