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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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English and Danish Language History

Comparison of English vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of English and Danish language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Danish Language History.

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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.

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