Countries
Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
5
10
4
11
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
29
11
24
6
Phonology
How Many Vowels
20
17
5
2
How Many Consonants
20
10
21
11
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks
6
36 weeks
10
Greetings
Hello
Hallo
Habari
Thank You
Mange tak
Asante
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
Habari gani?
Good Night
God nat
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
God aften
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
God morgen
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Please
tafadhali
Sorry
Undskyld!
pole
Bye
Farvel
bye
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
Samahani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Scanian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Sweden
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
80,000.00
99+
Not Available
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Denmark
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Kilwa
Total No. Of Dialects
4
4
12
12
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
99+
150.00 million
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Speakers
5.50 million
99+
15.00 million
40
Native Name
dansk
Not Available
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
danois
swahili
German Name
Dänisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
c. 1100 AD
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Swahili
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
da
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dan
swa
ISO 639 2/B
dan
swa
ISO 639 3
dan
swa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
dani1284
swah1254
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
