Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Latin
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Hallo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Mange tak
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
God nat
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
God aften
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
God morgen
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Please
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Undskyld!
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Scanian
Where They Speak
Greece
Sweden
Dialect 2
Griko
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Italy
Denmark
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Island of Bornholm
Native Name
ελληνικά
dansk
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
danois
German Name
Neugriechisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Danish people or Danes
Origin
1500 BC
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Rigsdansk
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gree1276
dani1284
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Greek and Danish Speaking population
Greek and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Danish on Greek vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Danish Language Codes
Greek and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.