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Danish vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
5  
10

National Language
Turkey  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

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

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Hallo  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
God nat  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
günaydın  
God morgen  

Please
lütfen  
Please  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Farvel  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
9
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
Not Available  

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Türkçe  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
turc  
danois  

German Name
Türkisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
19  
17
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
dan  

ISO 639 3
tur  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Turkish and Danish Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Danish language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Danish Language History.

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

Turkish vs Danish Difficulty

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

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