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Danish vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

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   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
God nat   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
God aften   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
God morgen   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Please   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Farvel   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
dansk   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Not Available   

French Name
danois   
ukrainien   

German Name
Dänisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
dan   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

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 Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Ukrainian language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Danish vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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