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Danish vs Maithili


Maithili vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
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)   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
pranam   

Thank You
Mange tak   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
God nat   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
God aften   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
God morgen   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Please   
kripaya   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
maf karai   

Bye
Farvel   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
North India   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
dansk   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
danois   
maithili   

German Name
Dänisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Maithil   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
mai   

ISO 639 3
dan   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Danish and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Maithili language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th 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 Maithili Language History.

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

Danish vs Maithili Difficulty

The Danish vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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