Danish

North Germanic language spoken in Northern Europe
Intangible natural_language Q9035
Danish
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Danish

Summary

Danish is a natural language[1]. Danish ranks in the top 6% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,675 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Danish is in the country of Kingdom of Denmark[3].
  • Danish is in the country of Denmark[4].
  • Danish is in the country of Faroe Islands[5].
  • Danish is in the country of Greenland[6].
  • Danish is in the country of Germany[7].
  • Danish's instance of is recorded as natural language[8].
  • Danish's instance of is recorded as modern language[9].
  • Danish is a type of East Scandinavian[10].
  • Danish's writing system is recorded as Latin script[11].
  • Danish's Commons category is recorded as Danish language[12].
  • Danish's Wikimedia language code is recorded as da[13].
  • Danish comprises Modern Danish[14].
  • Danish comprises Jutlandic[15].
  • Danish comprises Insular Danish[16].
  • Danish comprises Angel Danish[17].
  • Danish comprises Southern Schleswig Danish[18].
  • Danish comprises Perkerdansk[19].
  • Danish comprises Dano-Norwegian[20].
  • Danish comprises East Danish[21].
  • Danish's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56, 'lon': 9}[22].
  • Danish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Danish language[23].
  • Danish's language regulatory body is recorded as Danish Language Council[24].
  • Danish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+6000000'}[25].
  • Danish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+5520860'}[26].
  • Danish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+5621380'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[8] and modern language[9]. Danish is a type of East Scandinavian[10].

Use and Application

Components include Modern Danish[14], a language[28], in Denmark[29]; Jutlandic[15], a dialect[30], in Denmark[31]; Insular Danish[16], a dialect[32]; Angel Danish[17]; Southern Schleswig Danish[18], a dialect[33]; and Perkerdansk[19], a multiethnolect[34].

Why It Matters

Danish ranks in the top 6% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,675 views/month).[2] Danish has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Danish is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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