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Danish vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
5   
10

National Language
Russia   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
20   
17

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Hallo   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
God nat   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
God morgen   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Please   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Undskyld!   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Farvel   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Sweden   

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

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
russe   
danois   

German Name
Russisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
dan   

ISO 639 3
rus   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
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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Russian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Danish language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian and Danish Language History.

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

Russian vs Danish Difficulty

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

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