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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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Danish and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Croatian language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. 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 Croatian Language History.

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

Danish vs Croatian Difficulty

The Danish vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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