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Languages of Denmark

The Linguasphere Register records 9 entries for Denmark, spread across 1 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

9Register entries
1Sectors present
2Zones
2Language entries

5= INDO-EUROPEAN

Register entries recorded in Denmark

CodeEntryLevelNote
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52-AAA-abføroyskInnerfaeroese, "faroese", føryskt, foeryskt, in [51] Français: féroén, in [52] Danish: færøsk, in [52] Deutsch: färöisch. …
52-AAA-abaføroysk-FVariety"formal" føroysk, "literary faeroese".
52-AAA-abbføroysk-GVariety"generalised" føroysk, including tórshavn "urban".
52-AAA-cbriks-danskInnerriksdansk, "formal" dansk, "formal danish". riks-dansk =«danish of the kingdom».
52-AAA-cibfynskVarietyFyn island
52-AAA-cihfalsterskVarietyFalster island
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
59=INDICZoneCovers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the …

Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.