Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Nigeria
  
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
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Yoruba 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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
God nat
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Please
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
binu
  
Bye
Farvel
  
bye
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
dansk
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
danois
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
yoru1245
  
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-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Danish and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Yoruba language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Danish vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.