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Countries

Countries

Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Total No. Of Countries

56
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
France, Germany, Indonesia

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

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.
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

Similar To

Norwegian and Swedish
German and English Languages

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

206
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
Hallo

Thank You

Mange tak
dankjewel

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
hoe gaat het met je?

Good Night

God nat
goede Nacht

Good Evening

God aften
goedenavond

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
goedemiddag

Good Morning

God morgen
goedemorgen

Please

Please
alsjeblieft

Sorry

Undskyld!
sorry

Bye

Farvel
vaarwel

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
Ik hou van jou

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
pardon

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Gronings

Where They Speak

Sweden
Netherlands

How Many People Speak

80,000.00590,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Low Saxon

Where They Speak

Denmark
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.004,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Limburgian

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
Belgium, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

47
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million22.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
Nederlands

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Hollands, Nederlands

French Name

danois
néerlandais; flamand

German Name

Dänisch
Niederländisch

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Dutch people

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
AD 450-500

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Standard Dutch

Language Position

1848
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

da
nl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
nld

ISO 639 2/B

dan
dut

ISO 639 3

dan
nld

ISO 639 6

dan
nld

Glottocode

dani1284
mode1257

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Synthetic

Danish and Dutch Alphabets

Danish and Dutch Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Danish and Dutch. In Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Danish and Dutch languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Danish and Dutch languages. The Danish phonology consist Danish vowels and Danish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Danish greetings vs Dutch greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Danish and Dutch are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Danish and Dutch Speaking population

Danish and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Danish and Dutch on Danish vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Dutch Language Codes

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