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Korean vs Danish


Danish vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
5  
10

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
20  
17

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Hallo  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
God nat  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
God morgen  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Please  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Undskyld!  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Farvel  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Island of Bornholm  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
Not Available  

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
5.50 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
coréen  
danois  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
dan  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Korean and Danish Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Danish language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Danish Language History.

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

Korean vs Danish Difficulty

The Korean vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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