Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
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)
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
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.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
God nat
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Please
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Farvel
  
bye
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
dansk
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
danois
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Danish and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Zulu language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Zulu Difficulty
The Danish vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.