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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  
-  

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  
17

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+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Torlakian  

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

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
1,500,000.00  
99+

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
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

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
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
18  
16
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

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
dan  
srp  

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  
-  

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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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