Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
God morgen
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Please
  
Sorry
pole
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
bye
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
swahili
  
danois
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
6th century
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Rigsdansk
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Swahili and Danish Speaking population
Swahili and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Danish on Swahili vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Danish Language Codes
Swahili and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.