Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
God morgen
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Please
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
somali
  
danois
  
German Name
Somali
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
19th century
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Somali 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 Somali and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Danish language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Danish Difficulty
The Somali vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.