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Danish and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
5  
10

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Europe, North America, South America  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Latin  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Hallo  

Thank You
Thank you  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Good Night  
God nat  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
God morgen  

Please
Please  
Please  

Sorry
Sorry  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Bye  
Farvel  

I Love You
I love you  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
Not Available  

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
anglais  
danois  

German Name
Englisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
3  
3
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
dan  

ISO 639 3
eng  
dan  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All English and Danish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Danish dialects. Various dialects of English and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Danish Speaking population

English and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of English and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available. 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 English and Danish on English vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Danish Language Codes

English and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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