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Japanese and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Japan  

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

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

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Palau  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Mange tak  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
God nat  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
God aften  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
God morgen  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Please  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Farvel  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
dansk  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Not Available  

French Name
danois  
japonais  

German Name
Dänisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
dan  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
dani1284  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Danish and Japanese Speaking population

Danish and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Danish vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Japanese Language Codes

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

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