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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)

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.

Similar To

Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

20
Rank: 17 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo

Thank You

Mange tak

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

God nat

Good Evening

God aften

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag

Good Morning

God morgen

Please

Please

Sorry

Undskyld!

Bye

Farvel

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian

Where They Speak

Sweden

How Many People Speak

80,000.00
Rank: 80 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Denmark

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00
Rank: 44 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00
Rank: 34 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million
Rank: 70 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %
Rank: 58 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million
Rank: 63 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million
Rank: 47 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

danois

German Name

Dänisch

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk

Language Position

18
Rank: 16 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan

ISO 639 2/B

dan

ISO 639 3

dan

ISO 639 6

dan

Glottocode

dani1284

Linguasphere

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

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional

Origin of Danish language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Danish language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Danish language states that it was put to use in c. 1100 AD. The history of Danish language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Danish Language History.The evolution of Danish language began with early forms such as Old Danish, Early Modern Danish. Rigsdansk is the standard form of Danish language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Danish Language.

Danish population

Danish population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Danish language. Danish language is spoken by 5.50 million people in the world. Most of the Danish population lies in the Danish Speaking Countries. Danish language is spoken as first language by 5.50 million people and as second language by about 6.00 million people. Get to know Danish speaking population in detail.

Danish writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Danish writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Danish language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Danish language. Learn more about . 

Information about Danish language

Check out all the information about Danish language here. You may find it interesting to learn Danish Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Danish Speaking Countries, Danish speaking continents and Danish Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Danish countries knowing common Danish Greetings will help you in communicating with Danish people.