Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
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Derived From
Old Norse Language
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Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Chinese.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Mange tak
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
God nat
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
God aften
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
God morgen
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Sorry
Undskyld!
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Scanian
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Sweden
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Denmark
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
dansk
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
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French Name
danois
chinois
German Name
Dänisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Han
Origin
c. 1100 AD
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Standard Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
dani1284
sini1245
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
Danish and Chinese 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 Danish and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Chinese language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Chinese Difficulty
The Danish vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Chinese 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 Danish and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.