Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Japan
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Palau
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Korean Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Hallo
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Mange tak
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
God nat
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
God aften
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
God morgen
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Undskyld!
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Farvel
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
すみません (Sumimasen)
Where They Speak
Sweden
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Hakata
Where They Speak
Denmark
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Kansai
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
kansai
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Not Available
French Name
danois
japonais
German Name
Dänisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
dani1284
nucl1643
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Danish and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Japanese language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Japanese Difficulty
The Danish vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.