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Danish vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Malay language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
God nat  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
God aften  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
Please  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
maaf  

Bye
Farvel  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
dansk  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
danois  
indonésien  

German Name
Dänisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Indonesian  

Language Position
18  
16
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
ind  

ISO 639 3
dan  
ind  

ISO 639 6
dan  
ind  

Glottocode
dani1284  
indo1316  

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  
Agglutinative  

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Danish and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Indonesian language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Danish vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Danish vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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