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Czech vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Czech Republic, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Czech Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Institute of the Czech Language  

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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
32  
21

How Many Consonants
20  
10
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
ahoj  

Thank You
Mange tak  
děkuji  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Jak se máš?  

Good Night
God nat  
dobrou noc  

Good Evening
God aften  
dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
dobré odpoledne  

Good Morning
God morgen  
dobré ráno  

Please
Please  
prosím  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
litovat  

Bye
Farvel  
sbohem  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Miluji tě  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
promiňte  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Chod  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Chodsko, Bohemia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Lach  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
10,500,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Moravian  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
108,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
dansk  
čeština / český jazyk  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Bohemian, Cestina  

French Name
danois  
tchèque  

German Name
Dänisch  
Tschechisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Czechs  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Standard Czech  

Language Position
18  
16
73  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Czech Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
cs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
ces  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
cze  

ISO 639 3
dan  
ces  

ISO 639 6
dan  
ces  

Glottocode
dani1284  
czec1258  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
53-AAA-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Danish and Czech Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Czech language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Danish and Czech Language History.

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

Danish vs Czech Difficulty

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

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