Danish language
North Germanic language spoken in Denmark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Danish is the Germanic language spoken in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and parts of Greenland and Germany (Southern Schleswig). Around 5.5 million people speak Danish. It is used as a second language in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Danish people, or Danes, call their language dansk.
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Danish | |
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dansk | |
Pronunciation | [d̥anˀsɡ̊] |
Native to | Denmark, Greenland, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) |
Native speakers | 5.6 million (2007) |
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Latin script (Danish alphabet) Danish Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Denmark Faroe Islands (Denmark) Minority language:[1] Germany Greenland (Denmark) Iceland |
Regulated by | Dansk Sprognævn ("Danish Language Committee") |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | da |
ISO 639-2 | dan |
ISO 639-3 | dan |
Linguasphere | 52-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj |
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Here are some simple words in Danish:
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English | Danish |
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Hello | Hej |
Goodbye | Farvel |
Thank you | Tak |
Where are you from? | Hvor kommer du fra? |
With | Med |
I | Jeg |
Yes | Ja |
No | Nej |
Welcome | Velkommen |
am/are/is | Er |
English | Engelsk |
If | Hvis |
I love you | Jeg elsker dig |
Room | Værelse |
Copenhagen | København |
Bill | Regning |
Food | Mad |
Okay | Okay |
Umbrella | Paraply |
Where | Hvor |
Who | Hvem |
Which | Hvilken/hvilket |
The price | Prisen |
Where is | Hvor er |
Airport | Lufthavn |
Road | Vej |
Rooster | Hane |
Chicken | Kylling |
Fish | Fisk |
Vegetarian | Vegetar |
Compare | Sammenligne |
Train | Tog |
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