Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
God nat
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Please
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Farvel
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
dansk
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
danois
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available