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Spanish vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
46  
1

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

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

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
French Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
hola  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
God nat  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
God aften  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Buenos Días  

Please
Please  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
triste  

Bye
Farvel  
adiós  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
dansk  
Español  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
danois  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Dänisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
spa  

ISO 639 3
dan  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
dani1284  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Danish and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Spanish language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Danish vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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