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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
51
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Old Norse Language
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2932
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2015
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2017
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hallo
hallo
3.2 Thank You
Mange tak
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
God nat
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
God aften
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
God morgen
goeie more
3.8 Please
Please
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
Undskyld!
jammer
3.10 Bye
Farvel
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Scanian
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Sweden
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
80,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Denmark
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
43
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.50 million19.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NANA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
5.50 million7.10 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA10.30 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
dansk
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
danois
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Dänisch
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 1100 AD
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
NANA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
da
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
dan
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
dan
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
dan
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
dani1284
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic

Danish and Afrikaans Alphabets

Danish and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Danish and Afrikaans. In Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Danish and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Danish and Afrikaans languages. The Danish phonology consist Danish vowels and Danish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Danish greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Danish and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

All Danish and Afrikaans 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 Danish and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Danish and Afrikaans Speaking population

Danish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Danish and Afrikaans on Danish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Afrikaans Language Codes

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