Countries
South Africa
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
National Language
South Africa
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Dutch Language
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
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Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
Mange tak
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
goeie nag
God nat
Good Evening
Goeienaand
God aften
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
goeie more
God morgen
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Scanian
Where They Speak
-
Sweden
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
-
Denmark
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Namibia
Island of Bornholm
Native Name
Afrikaans
dansk
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
afrikaans
danois
German Name
Afrikaans
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Danish people or Danes
Origin
17th Century
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Rigsdansk
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
dani1284
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Danish dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Danish Speaking population
Afrikaans and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Afrikaans and Danish on Afrikaans vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Danish Language Codes
Afrikaans and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.