| Spoken by: | 6 million |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Denmark |
| Language family: | Germanic |
Danish is derived from Old Norse. Because of the large number of similarities between Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, knowledge of any one of these languages makes it possible to understand the others. This is true for both spoken and written forms.
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The Foreign Service Institute has classified Danish as a "World" language. It is estimated that learning Danish to a Professional Working Proficiency in the language (a score of Speaking-3/Reading-3 on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale) will take an average of 24 weeks (600 class hours).[1]
Resources[]
- Danish language @ wikipedia.org
- Danish writing @ omniglot.com
- A listing of Danish radio stations online
- SBS Australia Danish radio
- Ausio recordings in Danish
- Overview of Free Danish Audiobooks
- Danish @ BBC languages
- A Danish course with audio
- TSCA's Danish grammar in English
- One Minute Danish pod-cast
- Dare to Danish pod-cast - Stupid phrases and more
- Danish Grammar
- Danish radio - berlingske
- Danish radio - B.T.
- Danish Bible
- Danish radio website
- English-Danish dictionary
- Online Danish newspapers
- Wikipedia in Danish
- Hans Christian Andersen stories - some with audio
- Sublearning Danish to English movie subtitle flash cards
- Pimsleur offers a course in Danish
- Duolingo offers a course in Danish
- Rosetta Stone offered a course in Danish which may be available used
References[]
- ↑ U.S. Department of State; FSI's Experience with Language Learning; https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/sls/c78549.htm