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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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