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Yoruba vs Danish


Danish vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Nigeria  
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
20  
17

How Many Consonants
17  
7
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
30 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Hallo  

Thank You
e dupe  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
God nat  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
God morgen  

Please
Jowo  
Please  

Sorry
binu  
Undskyld!  

Bye
bye  
Farvel  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
5.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
yoruba  
danois  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
4 BC  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
49  
36
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
dan  

ISO 639 3
yor  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Yoruba and Danish Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Danish language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Yoruba and Danish Language History.

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Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Danish language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Danish Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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