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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.