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Ukrainian vs Danish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
God nat  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
God aften  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Please  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Farvel  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
dansk  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
danois  
ukrainien  

German Name
Dänisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
18  
16
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
dan  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
dan  
ukr  

Glottocode
dani1284  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

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 Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Ukrainian language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Danish vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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