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Greek vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Bye
Farvel  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

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  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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
18  
16
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
gre  

ISO 639 3
dan  
ell  

ISO 639 6
dan  
ells  

Glottocode
dani1284  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Danish and Greek Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Greek language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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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.

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