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Arabic vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
23  
4

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Africa, Asia  

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)  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Mange tak  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
God nat  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
God aften  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
God morgen  
صباح الخير  

Please
Please  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
آسف  

Bye
Farvel  
وداعا  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
dansk  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
danois  
arabe  

German Name
Dänisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Arabs  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
18  
16
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
ara  

ISO 639 3
dan  
ara  

ISO 639 6
dan  
ara  

Glottocode
dani1284  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Danish and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Arabic language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Danish and Arabic Language History.

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Danish and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Arabic language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Danish vs Arabic Difficulty

The Danish vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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