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Danish vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Japan  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Palau  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
99  
40
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
14  
4
20  
10

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Hallo  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
God nat  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
God morgen  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Please  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Undskyld!  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Farvel  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Denmark  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Island of Bornholm  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
Not Available  

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
5.50 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
japonais  
danois  

German Name
Japanisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
1185  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
8  
8
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
dan  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Japanese and Danish Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Danish language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. 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 Japanese and Danish Language History.

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Japanese and Danish 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 Japanese and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Danish language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Danish Difficulty

The Japanese vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Danish 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 Japanese and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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