Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
South Africa
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Dutch Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Mange tak
Dankie
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
God nat
goeie nag
Good Evening
God aften
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
Goeie middag
Good Morning
God morgen
goeie more
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Scanian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Sweden
-
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Denmark
-
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Namibia
Native Name
dansk
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Cape Dutch
French Name
danois
afrikaans
German Name
Dänisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 1100 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
dani1284
afri1274
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic
Danish and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Danish and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Afrikaans language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Danish vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Danish and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.