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Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Nigeria  

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  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Yoruba Academy  

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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Mange tak  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
God nat  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
God aften  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
God morgen  
e kaaro  

Please
Please  
Jowo  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
binu  

Bye
Farvel  
bye  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
dansk  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
danois  
yoruba  

German Name
Dänisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
18  
16
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
yor  

ISO 639 3
dan  
yor  

ISO 639 6
dan  
yor  

Glottocode
dani1284  
yoru1245  

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  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Danish and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Yoruba language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Yoruba Language History.

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

Danish vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Danish vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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