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The closest relatives of Danish are the other North Germanic languages of Scandinavia: Norwegian and Swedish. Written Danish and Norwegian are particularly close, though the pronunciation of all three languages differs significantly. Native speakers of all three languages can often understand the others. |
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The closest relatives of Danish are the other North Germanic languages of Scandinavia: Norwegian and Swedish. Written Danish and Norwegian are particularly close, though the pronunciation of all three languages differs significantly. Proficient speakers of all three languages can often understand the others. |
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Danish is written using the Roman alphabet, with three additional letters: Æ / æ, Ø / ø, and Å / å, which come at the end of the Danish alphabet, in that order. Before an orthograpy? reform in 1948, aa was used instead of å; the old usage still occurs in names and old documents. Aa is treated just like å in alphabetical sorting, even though it looks like two letters. |
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Danish is written using the Roman alphabet, with three additional letters: Æ / æ, Ø / ø, and Å / å, which come at the end of the Danish alphabet, in that order. Before an orthograpy? reform in 1948, aa was used instead of å; the old usage still occurs in names and old documents. Aa is treated just like å in alphabetical sorting, even though it looks like two letters. |
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Most Danish words are derived from the Old Norse language, which new words formed by compounding. Because English and Danish are related languages, many common words are very similar in the two languages. For example, the following Danish words closely are easily recognizable in their written form to English speakers: have, over, under, for, kat. When pronounced, these words sound quite different from their English equivalents, however. The rules of Danish pronunciation are challenging for English speakers to learn; the written forms of words sometimes do not correspond to modern pronunciation. |
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Most Danish words are derived from the Old Norse language, with new words formed by compounding. Because English and Danish are related languages, many common words are very similar in the two languages. For example, the following Danish words are easily recognizable in their written form to English speakers: have, over, under, for, kat. When pronounced, these words sound quite different from their English equivalents, however. The rules of Danish pronunciation are challenging for English speakers to learn; the written forms of words sometimes do not correspond to modern pronunciation. |
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Some famous authors of works in Danish are existential philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, prolific fairy-tale? author Hans Christian Andersen, and playwright [Ludvig Holberg]?. Three 20th-century Danish authors have become Nobel laureates in literature: [Karl Adolph Gjellerup]? and [Henrik Pontoppidan]? (joint recipents in 1917) and [Johannes Vilhelm Jensen]? (awarded 1944). |
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Some famous authors of works in Danish are existential philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, prolific fairy-tale? author Hans Christian Andersen, and playwright [Ludvig Holberg]?. Three 20th-century Danish authors have become Nobel laureates in literature: [Karl Adolph Gjellerup]? and [Henrik Pontoppidan]? (joint recipents in 1917) and [Johannes Vilhelm Jensen]? (awarded 1944). |
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