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Danish vs Polish


Polish vs Danish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
cześć   

Thank You
Mange tak   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
God nat   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
God aften   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
God morgen   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Please   
proszę   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Farvel   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
dansk   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
danois   
polonais   

German Name
Dänisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Poles   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
pol   

ISO 639 3
dan   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
dani1284   
poli1260   

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

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 Polish Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Polish language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Danish vs Polish Difficulty

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

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