Countries
South Africa
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
God morgen
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Please
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
xhosa
  
danois
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa
  
Rigsdansk
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Danish language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Danish Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.