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Hebrew vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Israel  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Israel  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Israel  

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

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

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Academy of the Hebrew Language  

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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Arabic and Aramaic languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Aramaic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
22  
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
0  

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Hebrew  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
שלום (Shalom)  

Thank You
Mange tak  
תודה (Toda)  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  

Good Night
God nat  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  

Good Evening
God aften  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  

Good Morning
God morgen  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  

Please
Please  
בבקשה (bevekshah)  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
סליחה! (Slicha)  

Bye
Farvel  
להתראות (Lehitraot)  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
בבקשה!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Ashkenazi Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Samaritan Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Israel, Palestine  

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Yemenite Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Israel  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
4.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.60 million  
27

Native Name
dansk  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Israeli, Ivrit  

French Name
danois  
hébreu  

German Name
Dänisch  
Hebräisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
1000 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Canaanitic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Modern Hebrew  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Signed Hebrew  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
he  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
heb  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
heb  

ISO 639 3
dan  
heb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
dani1284  
hebr1246  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
12-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Danish and Hebrew Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Hebrew language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Hebrew language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Hebrew Language History.

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

Danish vs Hebrew Difficulty

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

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