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Arabic vs Danish


Danish vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
5   
10

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
20   
17

How Many Consonants
28   
18
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Hallo   

Thank You
شكرا   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
God nat   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
God morgen   

Please
من فضلك   
Please   

Sorry
آسف   
Undskyld!   

Bye
وداعا   
Farvel   

I Love You
أحبك   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Denmark   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Island of Bornholm   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
arabe   
danois   

German Name
Arabisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
512 CE   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
dan   

ISO 639 3
ara   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
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
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Arabic and Danish Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Danish language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Danish Language History.

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

Arabic vs Danish Difficulty

The Arabic vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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