Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Israel
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
God nat
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
Please
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Farvel
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
dansk
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
danois
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic