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Danish vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Danish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Malay language   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Halo   

Thank You
Mange tak   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
God nat   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
God aften   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
God morgen   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Please   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
maaf   

Bye
Farvel   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
dansk   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
danois   
indonésien   

German Name
Dänisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
ind   

ISO 639 3
dan   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Danish and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Indonesian language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Indonesian Language History.

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Danish and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Indonesian language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Danish vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Danish vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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