The Danish Language: A Story of Dragons, Fairy Tales, and . . . Bluetooth?

🇩🇰 What do runes and cell phones have in common? Are unicorn horns real? There’s a lot more to the history of the Danish language than you’d ever imagine!

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:18 - What is Danish?
1:09 - Old Norse
2:52 - Runes and Danish Writing
6:34 - Vikings and Unicorns
7:45 - Medieval Changes
10:32 - The Enlightenment
12:15 - Modern Danish Dialects
13:45 - Influences on Danish
14:52 - Strange, Strange Numbers
16:04 - Alphabet and Pronunciation
19:11 - Grammar

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🎬 Video Clips:
WIKITONGUES: Lena speaking Danish
   • WIKITONGUES: Lena speaking Danish  

Sagan Blóðbeins - The Saga of Bloodbone (Old Norse)
   • Sagan Blóðbeins - The Saga of Bloodb...  

Steindinn okkar - Víkingar
   • Steindinn okkar - Víkingar  

The secret messages of Viking runestones - Jesse Byock
   • The secret messages of Viking runesto...  

Rune styles (long-branch vs. short-twig, etc.)
   • Rune styles (long-branch vs. short-tw...  

A Conversation in Old English and Old Norse
   • A Conversation in Old English and Old...  

Why Danish sounds funny to Scandinavians
   • Why Danish sounds funny to Scandinavians  

Norway 200 Years! - (Danish Language Explained)
   • Norway 200 Years! - (Danish Language ...  

WIKITONGUES: Riike speaking Danish
   • WIKITONGUES: Riike speaking Danish  

Danske dialekter: Ida fra Sønderjylland
   • Danske dialekter: Ida fra Sønderjylland  

Fleksnes makes fun of Danish Number system
   • Fleksnes makes fun of Danish Number s...  

How to count to 100 in Danish - Language Challenge
   • How to count to 100 in Danish - Langu...  

How to understand Danish numbers
   • How to understand Danish numbers  

Americans Try To Pronounce Danish Words
   • Americans Try To Pronounce Danish Words  

Danish language
   • Danish language  

20.000 Subs Special | Danish Tongue Twisters
   • 20.000 Subs Special | Danish Tongue T...  

Learn Danish - The Danish "soft d" or "mute d"
   • Learn Danish - The Danish "soft d" or...  

   • My Danish Learning Progress  

The Danish Language - What Makes it Easy/Hard to Learn Danish?
   • The Danish Language - What Makes it E...  

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“Einangsteinen inscript” by Lars Gustavsen is licensed under CC BY-SA4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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“Hanseschiffe vor Kopenhagen” by Unknown is licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
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