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Nepali vs Danish


Danish vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Nepal   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
20   
17

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Hallo   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
God nat   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
God morgen   

Please
कृपया   
Please   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Undskyld!   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Farvel   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
népalais   
danois   

German Name
Nepali   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
19 BC   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
dan   

ISO 639 3
npi   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
12   
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   
Fusional   

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Nepali and Danish Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Danish language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Danish Language History.

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Nepali 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 Nepali and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Danish language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Danish Difficulty

The Nepali vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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