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This is a list of European languages by the number of native speakers in Europe only. ... Danish: 5,500,000 [29] 24 Finnish: ... List of languages by number of ...
Faroese, a North Germanic language like Danish, is the primary language of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing territory of the Kingdom. It is also spoken by some Faroese immigrants in mainland Denmark. Faroese is similar to Icelandic and retains many features of Old Norse, the source of all North Germanic languages.
A 2005 survey of words used by speakers of the Scandinavian languages showed that the number of English loanwords used in the languages has doubled during the last 30 years and is now 1.2%. Icelandic has imported fewer English words than the other North Germanic languages, despite the fact that it is the country that uses English most. [26]
This is a list of official languages by country and territory. ... Denmark: 1 Danish: ... Europe Oceania Countries English: 58 23 14 4 3 14
Those who live in southern European countries or countries where one of the major European languages is a state language have a lower likelihood of speaking multiple foreign languages. Only 5% of Turks, 13% of Irish, 16% of Italians, 17% of Spaniards and 18% of Britons speak at least two languages apart from their native language.
A color-coded map of most languages used throughout Europe. There are over 250 languages indigenous to Europe, and most belong to the Indo-European language family. [1] [2] Out of a total European population of 744 million as of 2018, some 94% are native speakers of an Indo-European language.
Danish (/ ˈ d eɪ n ɪ ʃ / ⓘ, DAY-nish; endonym: dansk pronounced ⓘ, dansk sprog [ˈtænˀsk ˈspʁɔwˀ]) [1] is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark.
Danish – Dansk Official language in: Kingdom of Denmark and the Faroe Islands; Recognised Minority Language in: Federal Republic of Germany, Greenland, and Republic of Iceland; Dargwa – Дарган Mез Official language in: the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation; Delaware – Lënapei èlixsuwakàn Spoken by: the Delaware people in ...