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Countries

Countries

Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

53
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Somalia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Yemen

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Similar To

Norwegian and Swedish
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

205
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
Hello

Thank You

Mange tak
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

God nat
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

God aften
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

God morgen
Subax wanaagsan

Please

Please
Fadlan

Sorry

Undskyld!
sorry

Bye

Farvel
caraysiiyo

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Sweden
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

80,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Denmark
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0021.00
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 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

danois
somali

German Name

Dänisch
Somali

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Somalis

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
19th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

-
Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Somali

Language Position

1883
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

da
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
som

ISO 639 2/B

dan
som

ISO 639 3

dan
som

ISO 639 6

dan
som

Glottocode

dani1284
soma1255

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
-

Danish and Somali Alphabets

Danish and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Danish and Somali. In Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Danish and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Danish and Somali 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 Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Danish and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Danish and Somali Speaking population

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

Danish and Somali Language Codes

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