Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Norway
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Norwegian Language 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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
God nat
god natt
Good Evening
God aften
god kveld
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
God morgen
god morgen
Please
Please
Vær så snill
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Scanian
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Sweden
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Denmark
Sogn
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Norsk
French Name
danois
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Dänisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Norwegians
Origin
c. 1100 AD
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
dani1284
norw1258
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
Danish and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Norwegian language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Danish vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.