Danish language
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.
| Danish | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dansk | ||||
| Pronunciation | [d̥anˀsɡ̊] | |||
| Native to | Denmark, Greenland, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) | |||
| Native speakers | 5.6 million (2007) | |||
| Language family | Indo-European
| |||
| Writing system | Latin script (Danish alphabet) Danish Braille | |||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in |  Denmark Faroe IslandsMinority language:[1]  Germany Greenland 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 | |||
| ||||
Here are some simple words in Danish:
| English | Danish |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Danish Language Media
Danish label reading militærpoliti, "military police", on a police vehicle
Language shift in the 19th century in southern Schleswig
Learn Danish banner in Flensburg, Germany, where it is an officially recognized regional language
A map showing the distribution of stød in Danish dialects: Dialects in the pink areas have stød, as in standard Danish, while those in the green ones have tones, as in Swedish and Norwegian. Dialects in the blue areas have (like Icelandic, German, and English) neither stød nor tones.
The distribution of one, two, and three grammatical genders in Danish dialects. In Zealand, the transition from three to two genders has happened fairly recently. West of the red line, the definite article goes before the word as in English or German; east of the line it takes the form of a suffix.
A pitch trace of the sentence Håndboldspil er meget belastende 'Handball playing is very demanding'.
Danish keyboard with keys for Æ, Ø, and Å
References
 |
This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Danish language edition. |
