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Danish Language



Countries
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Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council 0

Total No. Of Countries
5 10

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America 0

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America 0

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee) 0

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.
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Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish 0

Derived From
Old Norse Language 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
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Alphabets
29 11

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
20 17

How Many Consonants
20 10

Scripts
Latin 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks 6

Greetings
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Hello
Hallo 0

Thank You
Mange tak 0

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det? 0

Good Night
God nat 0

Good Evening
God aften 0

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag 0

Good Morning
God morgen 0

Please
Please 0

Sorry
Undskyld! 0

Bye
Farvel 0

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig 0

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Scanian 0

Where They Speak
Sweden 0

How Many People Speak
80,000.00 43

Dialect 2
Jutlandic 0

Where They Speak
Denmark 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk 0

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
4 4

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
5.50 million 70

Speaking Population
Not Available 0

Native Speakers
5.50 million 63

Second Language Speakers
Not Available 0

Native Name
dansk 0

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk 0

French Name
danois 0

German Name
Dänisch 0

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊] 0

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes 0

History
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Origin
c. 1100 AD 0

Language Family
Indo-European Family 0

Subgroup
Not Available 0

Branch
Not Available 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish 0

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk 0

Language Position
Not Available 0

Signed Forms
Signed Danish 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
da 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
dan 0

ISO 639 2/B
dan 0

ISO 639 3
dan 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
dani1284 0

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object 0

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional 0

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Origin of Danish language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Danish language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Danish language states that it was put to use in c. 1100 AD. The history of Danish language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Danish Language History.The evolution of Danish language began with early forms such as Old Danish, Early Modern Danish. Rigsdansk is the standard form of Danish language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Danish Language.

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Danish population

Danish population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Danish language. Danish language is spoken by 5.50 million people in the world. Most of the Danish population lies in the Danish Speaking Countries. Danish language is spoken as first language by 5.50 million people and no total count of people speaking Danish as second language. Get to know Danish speaking population in detail.

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Danish writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Danish writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Danish language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Danish language. Learn more about . 

Information about Danish language

Check out all the information about Danish language here. You may find it interesting to learn Danish Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Danish Speaking Countries, Danish speaking continents and Danish Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Danish countries knowing common Danish Greetings will help you in communicating with Danish people.

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