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Danish and Japanese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Japan  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Palau  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
14  
4
20  
10

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Hallo  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
God nat  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
God morgen  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Please  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Undskyld!  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Farvel  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
japonais  
danois  

German Name
Japanisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
1185  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
8  
8
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
dan  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
dan  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
dan  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Japanese and Danish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Danish dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Danish Speaking population

Japanese and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Danish on Japanese vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Danish Language Codes

Japanese and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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