Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Sweden
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.