Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hallo
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Mange tak
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
God nat
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
God aften
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
God morgen
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Undskyld!
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Farvel
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Scanian
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Sweden
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Olonets
Where They Speak
Denmark
Olonets
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Novgorod
Native Name
dansk
Русский
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Russki
German Name
Dänisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Russians
Origin
c. 1100 AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
dani1284
russ1263
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Danish and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Russian language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Russian Difficulty
The Danish vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.