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Swahili and Danish


Danish and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
5   
10

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

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

Alphabets
24   
6
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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All Swahili and Danish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Danish dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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