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Danish vs Swahili


Swahili vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

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)   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Habari   

Thank You
Mange tak   
Asante   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
God nat   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
God aften   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
God morgen   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Please   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
pole   

Bye
Farvel   
bye   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
dansk   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
danois   
swahili   

German Name
Dänisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
swa   

ISO 639 3
dan   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
99-AUS-m   

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 Swahili Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Swahili language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Danish vs Swahili Difficulty

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

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