Indo-European family
Danish
1525 CE – today Living
Danish (1525 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → … → Old East Norse → Old Danish → Danish.
See Danish on the interactive map- Speakers
- 6M (6,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- dan
- Glottocode
- dani1285
East Scandinavian. Christian III's Bible (1550) was pivotal for the written standard.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
- Proto-Norsec. 150 CE – 750 CE
- Old Norsec. 750 CE – 1050 CE
- Old East Norsec. 1050 CE – 1225 CE
- Old Danishc. 1100 CE – 1525 CE
- Danish1525 CE – today