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Norwegian and Danish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Norway  

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

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

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
9  
6

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
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
hallo  

Thank You
Mange tak  
takk  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
God nat  
god natt  

Good Evening
God aften  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
God morgen  
god morgen  

Please
Please  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
unnskyld  

Bye
Farvel  
ha det  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
dansk  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Norsk  

French Name
danois  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Dänisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
18  
16
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
nor  

ISO 639 3
dan  
nor  

ISO 639 6
dan  
nor  

Glottocode
dani1284  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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All Danish and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Danish and Norwegian Speaking population

Danish and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Danish vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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