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Danish and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
5   
10

National Language
Germany   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
20   
17

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Hallo   

Thank You
Danke   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
God nat   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
God morgen   

Please
bitte   
Please   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Undskyld!   

Bye
Tschüs   
Farvel   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Denmark   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Island of Bornholm   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
allemand   
danois   

German Name
Deutsch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
dan   

ISO 639 3
deu   
dan   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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German and Danish Speaking population

German and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of German and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Danish on German vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Danish Language Codes

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

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