Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Not Available
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Mange tak
Thank you
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
How are you?
Good Night
God nat
Good Night
Good Evening
God aften
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
God morgen
Good Morning
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
I love you
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Scanian
American English
Where They Speak
Sweden
United States of America
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Denmark
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
dansk
English
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Not Available
French Name
danois
anglais
German Name
Dänisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Not Available
Origin
c. 1100 AD
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
dani1284
stan1293
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Danish and English Speaking population
Danish and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and English languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 Danish and English on Danish vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Danish and English Language Codes
Danish and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.