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Countries

Countries

Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

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)
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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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.

Similar To

Norwegian and Swedish
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2937
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

205
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2046
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
Mhoro

Thank You

Mange tak
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

God nat
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

God aften
Manheru

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
Masikati

Good Morning

God morgen
Mangwanani

Please

Please
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

Undskyld!
Ndineurombo

Bye

Farvel
bye

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Sweden
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

80,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Karanga

Where They Speak

Denmark
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

44
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
chiShona

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

danois
shona

German Name

Dänisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Shona people

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Standard Shona

Language Position

18107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

da
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
sna

ISO 639 2/B

dan
sna

ISO 639 3

dan
sna

ISO 639 6

dan
sna

Glottocode

dani1284
core1255

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Danish and Shona Alphabets

Danish and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Danish and Shona. In Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Danish and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Danish and Shona 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 Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Danish and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Danish and Shona Speaking population

Danish and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Danish vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Shona Language Codes

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