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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
-  
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  
19
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
310,000,000.00  
2
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
6,000,000.00  
34

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
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
6.00 million  
99+

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  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
25  
23
18  
16

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
ara  
dan  

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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