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Danish and Amharic


Amharic and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Selam  

Thank You
Mange tak  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
God nat  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
God aften  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
God morgen  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Please  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
aznallehu  

Bye
Farvel  
tschao  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
dansk  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
danois  
amharique  

German Name
Dänisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Amharas  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Amharic  

Language Position
18  
16
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
amh  

ISO 639 3
dan  
amh  

ISO 639 6
dan  
amh  

Glottocode
dani1284  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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

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Danish and Amharic Speaking population

Danish and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Danish vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Amharic Language Codes

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

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