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Danish and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
5  
10

National Language
France  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Latin  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Hallo  

Thank You
Merci  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
God nat  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
God morgen  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Please  

Sorry
désolé  
Undskyld!  

Bye
au revoir  
Farvel  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
français  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Français  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
français  
danois  

German Name
Französisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
13  
12
18  
16

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
dan  

ISO 639 3
fra  
dan  

ISO 639 6
fras  
dan  

Glottocode
stan1290  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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French and Danish Speaking population

French and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of French and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish 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 French and Danish on French vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Danish Language Codes

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

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