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Countries

Countries

Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
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

Total No. Of Countries

532
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Norwegian and Swedish
Italian Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
Latin

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

2020
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
bonjour

Thank You

Mange tak
Merci

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

God nat
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

God aften
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

God morgen
Bonjour

Please

Please
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Undskyld!
désolé

Bye

Farvel
au revoir

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Sweden
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

80,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
African French

Where They Speak

Denmark
Africa

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

425
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
français

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Français

French Name

danois
français

German Name

Dänisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
French people

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Standard French

Language Position

1813
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

da
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
fra

ISO 639 2/B

dan
fre

ISO 639 3

dan
fra

ISO 639 6

dan
fras

Glottocode

dani1284
stan1290

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Danish and French Alphabets

Danish and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Danish and French. In Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Danish and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Danish and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Danish and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Danish and French Speaking population

Danish and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and French languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Danish vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and French Language Codes

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