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Arabic vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
23   
4

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

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

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)   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Mange tak   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
God nat   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
God aften   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
God morgen   
صباح الخير   

Please
Please   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
آسف   

Bye
Farvel   
وداعا   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
dansk   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
danois   
arabe   

German Name
Dänisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Arabs   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
ara   

ISO 639 3
dan   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Danish and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Arabic language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Danish and Arabic Language History.

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Danish and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Danish and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Arabic language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Danish vs Arabic Difficulty

The Danish vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Danish and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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