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Danish and Greek


Greek and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

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

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Armenian   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
Mange tak   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
God nat   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
God aften   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
God morgen   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
Please   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Farvel   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
dansk   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
danois   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Dänisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
Not Available   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
gre   

ISO 639 3
dan   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
dani1284   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Danish and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Danish and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Danish and Greek Speaking population

Danish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Danish and Greek on Danish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Greek Language Codes

Danish and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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