Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Mange tak
Asante
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
Habari gani?
Good Night
God nat
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
God aften
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
God morgen
Habari za asubuhi
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
Samahani
Dialect 1
Scanian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Sweden
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Denmark
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
dansk
Not Available
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
danois
swahili
German Name
Dänisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 1100 AD
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Swahili
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
dani1284
swah1254
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Danish and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Danish and Swahili Speaking population
Danish and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Swahili on Danish vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Danish and Swahili Language Codes
Danish and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.