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Finnish vs Danish


Danish vs Finnish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

How Many Consonants
13  
3
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Hallo  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
God nat  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
God morgen  

Please
haluta  
Please  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Heippa  
Farvel  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Denmark  

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
finnois  
danois  

German Name
Finnisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
1543  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Rigsdansk  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
dan  

ISO 639 3
fin  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
No data available  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Finnish and Danish Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Danish language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 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 Finnish and Danish Language History.

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

Finnish vs Danish Difficulty

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

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