Countries
European Union, Poland
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
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 in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Sorry
Przepraszam
Undskyld!
I Love You
kocham Cię
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
przepraszam
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Kashubian
Scanian
Where They Speak
Poland
Sweden
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
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
polonais
danois
German Name
Polnisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Poles
Danish people or Danes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Polish
Rigsdansk
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
pols
Not Available
Glottocode
poli1260
dani1284
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
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.