Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
India
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
God nat
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Please
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Farvel
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
dansk
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
danois
  
oriya
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Odias
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
3 BC
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available