Countries
South Africa
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Total No. Of Countries
15
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National Language
South Africa
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
- 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
Xhosa Language
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
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Old Norse Language