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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

54
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Sweden

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America
Antartica, Europe

Minority Language

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

Similar To

Norwegian and Swedish
Norwegian and Danish Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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

2018
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
hej

Thank You

Mange tak
tacka dig

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
hur mår du

Good Night

God nat
godnatt

Good Evening

God aften
god kväll

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
god eftermiddag

Good Morning

God morgen
god morgon

Please

Please
vänligen

Sorry

Undskyld!
ledsen

Bye

Farvel
hej då

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
jag älskar dig

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
ursäkta mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Dialects

Where They Speak

Sweden
Gabon

How Many People Speak

80,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Dialects

Where They Speak

Denmark
Georgia

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0078,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Dialects

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
France

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0096,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

479
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million8.70 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
Svenska

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Ruotsi, Svenska

French Name

danois
suédois

German Name

Dänisch
Schwedisch

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Swedes, Finland Swedes

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
13th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Germanic

Branch

-
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Old Swedish

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Standard Swedish

Language Position

1889
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

da
sv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
swe

ISO 639 2/B

dan
swe

ISO 639 3

dan
swe

ISO 639 6

dan
swe

Glottocode

dani1284
swed1254

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-AAA-ck to -cw

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Danish and Swedish Alphabets

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

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

Danish and Swedish Speaking population

Danish and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Danish vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Swedish Language Codes

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