🇩🇰 What Language Do They Speak in Denmark?
The short answer
Denmark speaks Danish, famous for its soft consonants and swallowed syllables — the pronunciation is the tricky part, as even Swedes and Norwegians who can read Danish easily often struggle to catch it spoken.
Worth knowing
- ●Greenlandic and Faroese are the official languages of Denmark's North Atlantic territories
- ●A German-speaking minority lives in South Jutland along the German border
- ●The number 50 is 'halvtreds' — short for 'half-third times twenty'. Danish counting is an adventure
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