Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Africa
  
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)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
God nat
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Please
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Farvel
  
bye
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
dansk
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
danois
  
shona
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Danish and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Shona language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Shona Difficulty
The Danish vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.