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Danish vs Chinese


Chinese vs 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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Danish and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Chinese language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Danish and Chinese Language History.

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Danish and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Chinese language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Danish vs Chinese Difficulty

The Danish vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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