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Danish

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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 2
Speaker Count
5,500,000 2
2012 estimate.
Status
Living 2
Region
Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), Faroe Islands and Greenland 2
Partially Attested
Attested From (Year)
from 800 2
Start of Old Danish (Runic Danish) in Brøndum-Nielsen's periodization, not a dated first inscription.
Classification
Language Kind
Safe 1
Official Status
Official Language 2
Connections

In Family

Germanic, Language Families
Source Wikipedia: Danish Language

Written In

Latin Script, Scripts
In the Other Atlases

Original Language Of

Borgen (TV series)

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Flee

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Ordet

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Out of Africa

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Pelle the Conqueror

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Second Life

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

The Celebration

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Hans Christian Andersen

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Henrik Ibsen

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Karen Blixen

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Knut Hamsun

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Out of Africa

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Peter Hoeg

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

The Last of the Just

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

The Little Mermaid

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

The Snow Queen

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

The Ugly Duckling

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Found In

Europe

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Glottolog: Danish (Glottolog languoid dani1285)
GlottologEndangerment, AES status
Quote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
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2. Wikipedia: Danish Language
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Danish (endonym: dansk pronounced [ˈtænˀsk] , dansk sprog [ˈtænˀsk ˈspʁɔwˀ]) 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: date
    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
  • Infobox, Official language in
    Denmark
  • In Family: Germanic, Infobox, Language family
    Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: North Germanic (within Germanic languages).
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