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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.
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.
The North Germanic languages are national languages in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, whereas the non-Germanic Finnish is spoken by the majority in Finland. In inter-Nordic contexts, texts are today often presented in three versions: Finnish, Icelandic, and one of the three languages Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. [20]
Danish-language surnames (352 P) Surnames of Danish origin (1 C, 36 P) T. Translators from Danish (3 C, 16 P) Translators to Danish (6 C, 7 P) W. Danish-language ...
Danish language (14 C, 19 P) E. Extinct languages of Denmark (2 P) Pages in category "Languages of Denmark" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Map of main Danish dialect areas. The Danish language has a number of regional and local dialect varieties. [1] [2] These can be divided into the traditional dialects, which differ from modern Standard Danish in both phonology and grammar, and the Danish accents, which are local varieties of the standard language distinguished mostly by pronunciation and local vocabulary colored by traditional ...
This is a list of European languages by the number of native speakers in Europe only. List. Rank ... Danish: 5,500,000 [29] 24 Finnish: 5,400,000 [30] 25 Norwegian:
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 ...