Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
God nat
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Please
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
sorry
  
Bye
Farvel
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
dansk
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
danois
  
somali
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Somalis
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
soma1255
  
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-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Danish and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Somali language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Somali Difficulty
The Danish vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.