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Danish and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
5   
10

National Language
France   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

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

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Latin   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
20   
17

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Hallo   

Thank You
Merci   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
God nat   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
God morgen   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Please   

Sorry
désolé   
Undskyld!   

Bye
au revoir   
Farvel   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
African French   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Island of Bornholm   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Français   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
français   
danois   

German Name
Französisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
dan   

ISO 639 3
fra   
dan   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
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
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All French 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 French and Danish dialects. Various dialects of French and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Danish Speaking population

French and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of French and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Danish on French vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Danish Language Codes

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

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