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Turkish vs Danish


Danish vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
5   
10

National Language
Turkey   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
20   
17

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Hallo   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
God nat   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
günaydın   
God morgen   

Please
lütfen   
Please   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Undskyld!   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Farvel   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Denmark   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Island of Bornholm   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
turc   
danois   

German Name
Türkisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
dan   

ISO 639 3
tur   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Turkish and Danish Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Danish language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Danish Language History.

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

Turkish vs Danish Difficulty

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

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