Danish language
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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) | |||
| Language family |
Indo-European
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| Writing system | Latin script (Danish alphabet) Danish Braille |
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| Official status | ||||
| Official language in |
Minority language:[1]  Germany Greenland Iceland |
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| 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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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 |
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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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