Danish language

E2734
North Germanic language natural language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Denmark and parts of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, closely related to Norwegian and Swedish.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Danish language canonical 18
Danish 4
Standard Danish 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
branch North Germanic languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Norwegian language ⓘ
Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form: Swedish language
developedFrom Old East Norse ⓘ
family Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasDialects Danish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bornholm dialect

Danish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Insular Danish

Danish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jutlandic Danish

Danish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standard Danish
hasFeature fixedStressOnFirstSyllableInMostWords ⓘ
reductionOfUnstressedVowels ⓘ
stød ⓘ
voicedObstruentLenition ⓘ
historicalAncestor Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
influencedBy English language ⓘ
French ⓘ
surface form: French language

Low German ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
surface form: Middle Low German
languageCodeISO639-1 da ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-2 dan ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 dan ⓘ
numberOfNativeSpeakersEstimate around 5.5 million ⓘ
officialNameInDanish dansk ⓘ
officialStatusIn Denmark ⓘ
Faroe Islands ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
partOfContinuum Danish–Norwegian–Swedish dialect continuum ⓘ
primaryCountry Denmark ⓘ
regulator Danish Language Council ⓘ
spokenIn Argentina ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Faroe Islands ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Northern Germany ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
standardVarietyBasedIn Copenhagen ⓘ
subfamily Germanic languages ⓘ
usedAsSecondLanguageBy many residents of Faroe Islands ⓘ
many residents of Greenland ⓘ
usesAlphabet A–Z ⓘ
Å ⓘ
Æ ⓘ
Ø ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin alphabet → writingSystemFor → Danish language ⓘ
Danish language → hasDialects → Danish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Danish
Danish language → hasDialects → Danish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jutlandic Danish
Danish language → hasDialects → Danish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Insular Danish
Danish language → hasDialects → Danish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bornholm dialect
Norwegian language → influencedBy → Danish language ⓘ
Norwegian language → hasMutualIntelligibilityWith → Danish language ⓘ
Faroese language → relatedTo → Danish language ⓘ
Elfdalian → isRelatedTo → Danish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Danish
Danish Language Council → languageOfWorkOrName → Danish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Danish
Danish Language Council → appliesToLanguage → Danish language ⓘ
Swedish language → closelyRelatedTo → Danish language ⓘ
Old East Norse → developedInto → Danish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Danish
North Germanic languages → majorModernStandard → Danish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Danish
Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Danish language ⓘ
Bokmål → closelyRelatedTo → Danish language ⓘ
Riksmål → closelyAlignedWith → Danish language ⓘ
ISO/IEC 8859-1 → supportsLanguage → Danish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Danish
Scanian dialect → historicallyInfluencedBy → Danish language ⓘ
Joachim → hasLanguageOfUse → Danish language ⓘ
Elisabeth → hasLanguageOfUse → Danish language ⓘ
Bornholmsk → closelyRelatedTo → Danish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Danish
Middle Norwegian → sharesFeatureWith → Danish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Danish
Jutlandic dialect area → dialectOf → Danish language ⓘ
Swedish → closelyRelatedTo → Danish language ⓘ
subject surface form: Swedish language
Bror → hasLanguageOfUse → Danish language ⓘ
Rosalind → hasLanguageOfUse → Danish language ⓘ
Susanna → hasLanguageOfUse → Danish language ⓘ
Scandinavian-American communities in Wisconsin → hasLanguageInfluence → Danish language ⓘ