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Slovene vs Danish


Danish vs Slovene


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Hallo  

Thank You
Hvala  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
God nat  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
God morgen  

Please
Prosim  
Please  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
Farvel  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Sweden  

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

Dialect 2
Resian  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Denmark  

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Island of Bornholm  

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Not available  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
slovène  
danois  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
972-1093  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Slovene  
Rigsdansk  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
dan  

ISO 639 3
slv  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1268  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Slovene and Danish Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Danish language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Danish Language History.

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

Slovene vs Danish Difficulty

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

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