Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
God nat
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Please
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Farvel
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
dansk
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
danois
  
marathe
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available