Danish national language and Danish as a Second Language
Danish speaking countries include both countries with Danish national language and Danish as a second language. Check if Danish language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.
- Danish is national language of Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland.
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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.
- Danish is not spoken as second language.
The Danish countries mentioned under Danish Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Danish language.
Danish as minority language
Countries with Danish as minority language are also included in Danish speaking countries.
- Danish is spoken as minority language in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America.
Along with Danish speaking countries check out Danish speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.
- Continent wise Danish speaking countries mainly lie in Europe, North America, South America.
You can also explore more about all Oceania Languages which are spoken in Oceania Continent.
Danish Regulator and Facts
Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Danish language are Danish regulators. Danish is regulated by Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee). The regulatory bodies of Danish lie in Danish speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Danish:
- 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.
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The Danish language is derived from Old Norse Language and is closely related to Norwegian and Swedish.