Countries
Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Macedonian language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2930
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
206
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2036
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hallo
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Mange tak
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
God nat
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
God aften
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
God morgen
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Please
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Undskyld!
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Farvel
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Scanian
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Sweden
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
80,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Denmark
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
458
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million7.80 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
5.50 million7.80 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
dansk
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Balgarski
French Name
danois
bulgare
German Name
Dänisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Not Available
History
Origin
c. 1100 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
NA88
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
da
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dan
bul
ISO 639 2/B
dan
bul
ISO 639 3
dan
bul
ISO 639 6
Not Available
buls
Glottocode
dani1284
bulg1262
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available