GERMANIC LANGUAGES
----------|------------
|------English
|------German
|------Nordic
|
|----Vestern
| |------Islandic
| |------Faroe
| |------Norwegian (Nynorsk)
|
|----Eastern
|------Swedish
|------Norwegian (Bokmål)
|------Danish
|
| Like Swedish, Norwegian, and Icelandic, Danish is derived from a common Scandinavian language, which can be traced to runic inscriptions of the 3rd century AD.
Significant changes occurred in the parent language during the Viking age (circa 800-1050), leading to distinct differences between the East Scandinavian dialects, from which Danish and Swedish evolved, and the West Scandinavian dialects, which are the sources of Norwegian
(Nynorsk) and Icelandic. |
 |
The history of the Danish language may be divided into three main periods:
The Danish alphabet has a total of 29 letters:
9 vowels (a,e,i,o,u,y,æ,ø,å) and
20 consonants
Notice the 3 special Danish letters:
| Letter | Construction | Old writing |
| Æ, æ | a and e put together | Ae, ae |
| Ø, ø | o with / through | Oe, oe; Ö, ö |
| Å, å | a with a small o above | Aa, aa |
If your computer cannot write these letters, you may use the old way of
writing.
You can also use the ASCII codes on your key-board by holding down the Alt key
while typing
the numbers shown below.
Technique:
| Letter | ASCII | HTML |
| Æ | alt + 146 | Æ |
| Ø | alt +0216 | Ø |
| Å | alt + 143 | Å |
| Ö | alt + 153 | |
| æ | alt + 145 | æ |
| ø | alt +0248 | ø |
| å | alt + 134 | å |
| ö | alt + 148 |