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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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