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Serbian vs Danish


Danish vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Hallo  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
God nat  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
God morgen  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Please  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Farvel  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
serbe  
danois  

German Name
Serbisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
11th Century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
44  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
dan  

ISO 639 3
srp  
dan  

ISO 639 6
srp  
dan  

Glottocode
serb1264  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Serbian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Danish language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Danish Language History.

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

Serbian vs Danish Difficulty

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

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