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Danish vs Norwegian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Norway   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

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

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

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
20   
17

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Hallo   

Thank You
takk   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
god natt   
God nat   

Good Evening
god kveld   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
god morgen   
God morgen   

Please
Vær så snill   
Please   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Undskyld!   

Bye
ha det   
Farvel   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
5.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
danois   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Rigsdansk   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
dan   

ISO 639 3
nor   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
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   
Fusional   

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Norwegian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Danish language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD 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 Norwegian and Danish Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Danish Difficulty

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

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