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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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