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Polish vs Danish


Danish vs Polish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Poland   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
20   
17

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Hallo   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
God nat   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
God morgen   

Please
proszę   
Please   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Undskyld!   

Bye
do widzenia   
Farvel   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Island of Bornholm   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
5.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Polski   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
polonais   
danois   

German Name
Polnisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
1270   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Polish   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
dan   

ISO 639 3
pol   
dan   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
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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Polish and Danish Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Danish language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Danish Language History.

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

Polish vs Danish Difficulty

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

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