Language

Danish

Germanic Languages

Danish is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 5.5 million people, principally in and around Denmark.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

dan 1

Speaker Count

5,500,000 1

2012 estimate.

Status

Living 1

Region

Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), Faroe Islands and Greenland 1

Partially Attested

Attested From (Year)

from 800 1

Start of Old Danish (Runic Danish) in Brøndum-Nielsen's periodization, not a dated first inscription.

Danish

1 entry

Script Type

Directionality

Script Family (Lineage)

Origin Period Start Year

Influenced

Connections

Source Wikipedia: Danish Language

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Danish Language

Wikimedia Foundation

Lead section
Danish (endonym: dansk, dansk sprog) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 5.5 million people, principally in and around Denmark.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
dan
Infobox, Speakers (Total)
5.5 million (2012)
Lead section, first sentence
spoken by about 5.5 million people, principally in and around Denmark
Infobox, Region
Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany); Additionally in the Faroe Islands and Greenland
History, periodization of Old Danish
The Danish philologist Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen divided the history of Danish into a period from 800 AD to 1525 of Old Danish
In Family: Germanic, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: North Germanic (within Germanic languages).

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