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Croatian vs Danish


Danish vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
5   
10

National Language
Austria   
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, Montenegro, Romania   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Hallo   

Thank You
hvala   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
kako si   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
laku noć   
God nat   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
God morgen   

Please
molim   
Please   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Undskyld!   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Farvel   

I Love You
Volim te   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Island of Bornholm   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
croate   
danois   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
9th century   
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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
dan   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
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, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Croatian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Danish language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Danish Language History.

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

Croatian vs Danish Difficulty

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

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