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Danish and Yoruba


Yoruba and Danish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
12   
9

How Many Consonants
20   
10
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

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
80,000.00   
99+
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
dansk   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
danois   
yoruba   

German Name
Dänisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   

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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.

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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 Not Available 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.

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