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Countries

Countries

Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

52
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Nigeria

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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Yoruba 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.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

Similar To

Norwegian and Swedish
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Old Norse Language
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2929
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2012
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
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

Mange tak
e dupe

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

God nat
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

God aften
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
e kaasan

Good Morning

God morgen
e kaaro

Please

Please
Jowo

Sorry

Undskyld!
binu

Bye

Farvel
bye

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

Sweden
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

80,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Ede

Where They Speak

Denmark
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

420
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

danois
yoruba

German Name

Dänisch
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Yoruba people

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
4 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Western Sudanic

Branch

-
Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Yorùbá

Language Position

1849
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

da
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
yor

ISO 639 2/B

dan
yor

ISO 639 3

dan
yor

ISO 639 6

dan
yor

Glottocode

dani1284
yoru1245

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-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic, Isolating

Danish and Yoruba Alphabets

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

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

Danish and Yoruba Speaking population

Danish and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Danish vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Yoruba Language Codes

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