Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Poland
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2922
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
200
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2022
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hallo
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Mange tak
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
God nat
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
God aften
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
God morgen
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Undskyld!
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Farvel
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Scanian
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Sweden
Israel
How Many People Speak
80,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Denmark
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Israel
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
47
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.50 million9.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.50 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
dansk
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
danois
hébreu
German Name
Dänisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
c. 1100 AD
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
1823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
da
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dan
heb
ISO 639 2/B
dan
heb
ISO 639 3
dan
heb
ISO 639 6
dan
heb
Glottocode
dani1284
hebr1246
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic