Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
God nat
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Please
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Farvel
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
dansk
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
danois
  
kannada
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available