I would like to begin to learn some Scandinavian languages.
I have heard that Norwegian speakers can understand Danish and Swedish better than Danes or Swedes can understand each other or Norwegians, is this true? What would be the best Scandinavian language to learn, that would make learning others easier, and not more difficult?
2006-07-31 05:43:03 · 6 answers · asked by eva 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I started with Norwegian but now I seem to have forgotten most of that (d'oh!) cause I'm living in Sweden for awhile now. I think Norwegian and Danish sound kind of funny to me now, since I'm so used to the Swedish. :/
I've been coming to Scandinavia at least once a year since '99. From what I have noticed, if you learn Norwegian, you'll be able to understand Swedish and Danish. It seems my Norwegian friends have little or no problem understanding the Swedes, but that isn't always the case when it comes to Swedes understanding Norwegians. Danes are kind of "in the middle", although, when a Dane and a Swede get together, the translation of words might get pretty funny...
The bottom line is this: Understanding at least one Scandinavian language, whichever it is, will make the others more or less understandable, so you might want to pick the one that sounds "nicest" to you and start there... lycka till! =)
2006-07-31 10:26:30 · answer #1 · answered by maryjane green 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Learn Swedish first. Swedish and Danish are often just considered by linguists to be dialects of the same language. "Norwegian" is not a language, actually. Standard "Norwegian" is just a dialect of Danish. It's often called Bokmaal. It is the official language of the country, though, and everyone learns it. Real Norwegian is called Nynorsk and is not the same language as Danish. You also won't find it taught in the US. "Norwegian"-English dictionaries in the US are Bokmaal. So if you learn Swedish or Danish, you have access to three countries. Swedish is a larger country, so toss a coin and learn Swedish.
2006-07-31 09:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by Taivo 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Swedish is the language you should learn first. Coz that eases alot to understand both Norwegian and Danish, even though Danish alot more difficult compared to Norwegian. Have some experience with Danish speaking people and when they do speak, boy you better pay attention, they speak quite fast! :D
2006-07-31 09:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by finnish_rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-28 15:08:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After living in Scandinavia for a long time, I think Swedish is spoken in more places. Also, it seems related to other languages and even seems related to German.
2006-07-31 07:13:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The three languages are similar,in your case I would l
learn Swedish, they have the largest and more widely
distributed population
with lots of publications
2006-07-31 06:58:45 · answer #6 · answered by opaalvarez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋