Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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 in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Scanian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Sweden
Greece
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Griko
Where They Speak
Denmark
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Origin
c. 1100 AD
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
dani1284
gree1276
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Danish and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Greek language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Greek Difficulty
The Danish vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.