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Italian vs Danish


Danish vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
5   
10

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Latin   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
16   
6
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Hallo   

Thank You
grazie   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
God nat   

Good Evening
buonasera   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
God morgen   

Please
Per Favore   
Please   

Sorry
scusate   
Undskyld!   

Bye
arrivederci   
Farvel   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Denmark   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
italien   
danois   

German Name
Italienisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
960 BC   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
dan   

ISO 639 3
ita   
dan   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Italian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Danish language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Danish Language History.

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

Italian vs Danish Difficulty

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

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