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Danish vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

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

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Not Available  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
God nat  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
God aften  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Please  
Mi petas  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
Farvel  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Not present  

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
dansk  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
danois  
espéranto  

German Name
Dänisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
1887  

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  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Esperanto  

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
epo  

ISO 639 3
dan  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
dani1284  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Danish and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Esperanto language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Danish vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Danish vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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