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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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