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
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 in
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Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
I love you
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
American English
Scanian
Where They Speak
United States of America
Sweden
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Denmark
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Island of Bornholm
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
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
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Standard English
Rigsdansk
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
dani1284
Linguasphere
52-ABA
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional
English and Danish Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Danish language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common English Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Danish Difficulty
The English vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Danish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.