Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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.
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
God nat
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
bom Dia
  
Please
Please
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Farvel
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
dansk
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Português
  
French Name
danois
  
portugais
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Portuguese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available