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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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