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Danish vs Galician


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Galicia  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Latin  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
20  
17

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Hallo  

Thank You
Grazas  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
God nat  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Bos días  
God morgen  

Please
Por favor  
Please  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Adeus  
Farvel  

I Love You
Ámote  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Galego  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
galicien  
danois  

German Name
Galicisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
46  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
dan  

ISO 639 3
glg  
dan  

ISO 639 6
glg  
dan  

Glottocode
gali1258  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Galician and Danish Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Danish language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. 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 Galician and Danish Language History.

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

Galician vs Danish Difficulty

The Galician vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Danish 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 Galician and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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