Learning Danish On Your Own

Learning any language is good as you are able to communicate with many people. If you are staying in some foreign country, it is necessary that you learn its local language also. If for any reason you are going to stay in Denmark or if you are dealing with people of Denmark then Danish is the language you need to learn.

Danish is the official language of the Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. While Danish is predominant and official in these places, there are other languages spoken in the Faroe Island and Greenland. Moreover, the border of Denmark is shared by Germany. So people staying in the border areas of Germany speak Danish.

You need to understand few things before you start learning Danish. Danish and English scripts are quite similar in terms of the roman alphabets, but Danish pronunciations are much different. Note that Danish is difficult to learn.

Danish language is quite straightforward. Despite being a small country, people in different parts of Denmark speak with a different dialect. For example, in the capital city of Denmark - Copenhagen - usually the high class dialects are used. Danish does not include too many words in comparison to those in English; however, people use Danish words to create new phrases and terms. Danish language has adopted some foreign language words in it as they are commonly used along with Danish. Danish language is influenced by German language as well as from Latin and Greek. Although the original words in Danish are less, a total of 200,000 words have been quoted in Danish dictionary. Danish language has 3 extra letters that makes it total 29 alphabets. Besides the English alphabets, Danish language includes three additional characters - æ, ø and å - known as vowels. The written language follows very strict rules but for talking it is different. People of different islands in Denmark speak with different dialects and therefore people from one island find it difficult to communicate with people of another island.

Denmark is quite well developed and people with good speaking and writing knowledge of Danish, including good knowledge of English, are much in demand. Many people learn Danish to earn their livelihood. There are many jobs like translator or Danish tutor. Several online courses on learning Danish are available, but you can easily master the language by hiring an expert tutor. In case you are planning to learn Danish, also focus on learning the typical dialects used for speaking in Denmark.

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