Sage-Tips

Are Mandarin and Cantonese different languages or dialects?

By this definition, Cantonese and Mandarin are separate languages rather than dialects—despite sharing the same written form as mentioned above—because a Cantonese speaker would not be entirely intelligible to a Mandarin speaker.

Can Danish and Swedish understand each other?

Danish is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Swedish. Proficient speakers of any of the three languages can often understand the others fairly well, though studies have shown that speakers of Norwegian generally understand both Danish and Swedish far better than Swedes or Danes understand each other.

What makes Norwegian and Danish different languages?

Danish, Norwegian (including Bokmål, the most common standard form of written Norwegian, and Nynorsk) and Swedish are all descended from Old Norse, the common ancestor of all North Germanic languages spoken today. Thus, they are closely related, and largely mutually intelligible.

Why is the Norwegian language so different from other languages?

There are three main reasons for this. First, Norwegian is quite simply the “middle child” — written like Danish but sounding like Swedish. Second is that they’re used to hearing Swedish and Danish on TV and radio.

What are the similarities between Danish Norwegian and Swedish?

Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are very similar because Norway was ruled by Denmark from the 14 th to 19 th century. Let’s look at each Nordic language below: Swedish is spoken by the most people amongst all the five Nordic languages – 10 million people.

Why are Norwegians called the middle child of the Nordic languages?

Since Norwegians can easily understand Swedish and Danish, they are jokingly referred to as the middle child amongst the three sisters. Icelandic is perhaps the only one of the Nordic languages that closely resembles old Norse which was spoken by the Vikings.

Which Nordic language is spoken by the most people?

Swedish is spoken by the most people amongst all the five Nordic languages – 10 million people. Swedish — Sweden’s national language and one of Finland’s national language — and Danish are written in a similar manner. If Swedish, Danish and Norwegian were sisters, Swedish would be the eldest of them all.

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