Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
hej
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
God nat
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
god morgon
  
Please
Please
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Farvel
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
dansk
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
danois
  
suédois
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Danish and Swedish Speaking population
Danish and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Danish and Swedish on Danish vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Danish and Swedish Language Codes
Danish and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.