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 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 Russian and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Danish language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Danish Difficulty
The Russian vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.