1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Old Norse Language
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
80,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.50 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
5.50 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology