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Countries

Countries

Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

Norwegian and Swedish
Dutch Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2932
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2015
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2017
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
hallo

Thank You

Mange tak
Dankie

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

God nat
goeie nag

Good Evening

God aften
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
Goeie middag

Good Morning

God morgen
goeie more

Please

Please
asseblief

Sorry

Undskyld!
jammer

Bye

Farvel
Totsiens

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Sweden
-

How Many People Speak

80,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

Denmark
-

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
Namibia

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

43
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Cape Dutch

French Name

danois
afrikaans

German Name

Dänisch
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Afrikaners

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
17th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

1823
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

da
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
afr

ISO 639 2/B

dan
afr

ISO 639 3

dan
afr

ISO 639 6

dan
afrs

Glottocode

dani1284
afri1274

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic

Danish and Afrikaans Alphabets

Danish and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Danish and Afrikaans. In Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Danish and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Danish and Afrikaans languages. The Danish phonology consist Danish vowels and Danish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Danish greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Danish and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

All Danish and Afrikaans 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 Danish and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Danish and Afrikaans Speaking population

Danish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Danish and Afrikaans on Danish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Afrikaans Language Codes

Danish and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.