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Korean vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
5  
10

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
21  
18

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Mange tak  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
God nat  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
God aften  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
God morgen  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Please  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Farvel  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
dansk  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
danois  
coréen  

German Name
Dänisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Koreans  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
kor  

ISO 639 3
dan  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
dani1284  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Danish and Korean Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Korean language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

Danish vs Korean Difficulty

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

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