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Swedish vs Danish


Danish vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
5   
10

National Language
Sweden   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
20   
17

How Many Consonants
18   
8
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hej   
Hallo   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
godnatt   
God nat   

Good Evening
god kväll   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
god morgon   
God morgen   

Please
vänligen   
Please   

Sorry
ledsen   
Undskyld!   

Bye
hej då   
Farvel   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Denmark   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
France   
Island of Bornholm   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
suédois   
danois   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
13th Century   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
dan   

ISO 639 3
swe   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
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
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Swedish and Danish Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Danish language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century 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 Swedish and Danish Language History.

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

Swedish vs Danish Difficulty

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

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