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Danish vs Nepali


Nepali vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Hindi   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
12   
9

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Mange tak   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
God nat   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
God aften   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
God morgen   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Please   
कृपया   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Farvel   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
dansk   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
danois   
népalais   

German Name
Dänisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
nep   

ISO 639 3
dan   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
nepa1254   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Danish and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Nepali language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Danish vs Nepali Difficulty

The Danish vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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