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Russian vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

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

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Mange tak   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
God nat   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
God aften   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
God morgen   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Please   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Farvel   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
dansk   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Russki   

French Name
danois   
russe   

German Name
Dänisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Russians   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
rus   

ISO 639 3
dan   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Danish and Russian Language History

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

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

Danish vs Russian Difficulty

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

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