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Danish vs Serbian


Serbian vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Mange tak   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
God nat   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
God aften   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
God morgen   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Please   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Farvel   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
dansk   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Montenegrin   

French Name
danois   
serbe   

German Name
Dänisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Serbs   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
srp   

ISO 639 3
dan   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
serb1264   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Danish and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Serbian language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Danish vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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