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Dutch vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
6   
9

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Hallo   

Thank You
Mange tak   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
God nat   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
God aften   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
God morgen   
goedemorgen   

Please
Please   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
sorry   

Bye
Farvel   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
dansk   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
danois   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Dänisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
dut   

ISO 639 3
dan   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Danish and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Dutch language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Danish vs Dutch Difficulty

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

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