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Danish vs Slovak


Slovak vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
38   
27

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Mange tak   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
God nat   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
God aften   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
God morgen   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Please   
Prosím   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
Pardón!   

Bye
Farvel   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
dansk   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
danois   
slovaque   

German Name
Dänisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Slovak   

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
slo   

ISO 639 3
dan   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
slov1269   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Danish and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Slovak language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Danish vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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