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Japanese vs 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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Danish and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Japanese language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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Danish and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Japanese language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Danish vs Japanese Difficulty

The Danish vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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