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Danish vs Finnish


Finnish vs Danish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

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

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
13  
3

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Moi  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
God nat  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
God aften  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Please  
haluta  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Farvel  
Heippa  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
60,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
0.01 million  
99+

Native Name
dansk  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Suomi  

French Name
danois  
finnois  

German Name
Dänisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
1543  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
18  
16
22  
20

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
fin  

ISO 639 3
dan  
fin  

ISO 639 6
dan  
fin  

Glottocode
dani1284  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Danish and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Finnish language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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

Danish vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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