Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
National Language
Russia
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
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Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Hallo
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Mange tak
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
God nat
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
God aften
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
God morgen
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Please
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Undskyld!
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Farvel
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Scanian
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Sweden
Dialect 2
Olonets
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Olonets
Denmark
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Island of Bornholm
Native Name
Русский
dansk
Alternative Names
Russki
Dansk, Rigsdansk
German Name
Russisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Russians
Danish people or Danes
Origin
1000 AD
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Rigsdansk
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
russ1263
dani1284
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
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
Russian and Danish Speaking population
Russian and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Danish on Russian vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Danish Language Codes
Russian and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.