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Danish and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Sweden  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
20  
17

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hej  
Hallo  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
godnatt  
God nat  

Good Evening
god kväll  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
god morgon  
God morgen  

Please
vänligen  
Please  

Sorry
ledsen  
Undskyld!  

Bye
hej då  
Farvel  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
France  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 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
5.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
suédois  
danois  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
13th Century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
89  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
dan  

ISO 639 3
swe  
dan  

ISO 639 6
swe  
dan  

Glottocode
swed1254  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
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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All Swedish and Danish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swedish and Danish dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swedish and Danish Speaking population

Swedish and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Danish on Swedish vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Danish Language Codes

Swedish and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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