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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Norway

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America
Europe, South America

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Norwegian Language Council

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.
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.

Similar To

Norwegian and Swedish
Swedish and Danish Languages

Derived From

Old Norse Language
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2929
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

209
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

34
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
takk

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
hvordan har du det?

Good Night

God nat
god natt

Good Evening

God aften
god kveld

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
god ettermiddag

Good Morning

God morgen
god morgen

Please

Please
Vær så snill

Sorry

Undskyld!
unnskyld

Bye

Farvel
ha det

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
Jeg Elsker Deg

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
unnskyld meg

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Jamtlandic

Where They Speak

Sweden
Jamtland,Harjedalen

How Many People Speak

80,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Sognamål

Where They Speak

Denmark
Sogn

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Hallingmål-Valdris

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
Hallingdal, Valdres

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.005,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

419
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million5.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million5.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
Norsk

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Norsk

French Name

danois
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien

German Name

Dänisch
Nynorsk

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Norwegians

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
c. 1300 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Germanic

Branch

-
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Nynorsk, Bokmål

Language Position

1818
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Signed Norwegian

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

da
no

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
nor

ISO 639 2/B

dan
nor

ISO 639 3

dan
nor

ISO 639 6

dan
nor

Glottocode

dani1284
norw1258

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional

Danish and Norwegian Alphabets

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

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

Danish and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Danish and Norwegian Language Codes

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