Danish language

Danish
dansk
Pronunciation	[d̥anˀsɡ̊]
Native to	Denmark, Greenland, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Native speakers	5.6 million  (2007)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic North Germanic East Scandinavian Danish
Writing system	Latin script (Danish alphabet) Danish Braille
Official status
Official language in	Denmark European Union Nordic Council Minority language: 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

Map of Danish dialects

File:Michael Noer - voice - da.flac 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.

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