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
https://youtu.be/89yLb3goapY

Sagan Blóðbeins - The Saga of Bloodbone (Old Norse)
https://youtu.be/SGtZiYGNuj8

Steindinn okkar - Víkingar
https://youtu.be/lq0aIsiZ44o?t=35

The secret messages of Viking runestones - Jesse Byock
https://youtu.be/wOcVy5dvwjs?t=26

Rune styles (long-branch vs. short-twig, etc.)
https://youtu.be/UEdqGxWlO-M?t=155

A Conversation in Old English and Old Norse
https://youtu.be/DKzJEIUSWtc

Why Danish sounds funny to Scandinavians
https://youtu.be/eI5DPt3Ge_s?t=269

Norway 200 Years! - (Danish Language Explained)
https://youtu.be/FqgRC5sfCaQ?t=22

WIKITONGUES: Riike speaking Danish
https://youtu.be/f7Msppvklb0

Danske dialekter: Ida fra Sønderjylland
https://youtu.be/8ndZRE_3XVE?t=23

Fleksnes makes fun of Danish Number system
https://youtu.be/ZrGIhrs3HkI

How to count to 100 in Danish - Language Challenge
https://youtu.be/LUH4nB4pMsM?t=151

How to understand Danish numbers
https://youtu.be/FxTa1LpT4LA?t=10

Americans Try To Pronounce Danish Words
https://youtu.be/9Dhm48Ypj-A

Danish language
https://youtu.be/s-mOy8VUEBk

20.000 Subs Special | Danish Tongue Twisters
https://youtu.be/APJHstOh5Go?t=417

Learn Danish - The Danish "soft d" or "mute d"
https://youtu.be/_GVtm4b3N2Y?t=192

https://youtube.com/shorts/9mcqye-Rw7c?feature=share

The Danish Language - What Makes it Easy/Hard to Learn Danish?
https://youtu.be/9VUYs_10doU?t=210

🖼 Images:
“Jelling gr kl Stein” by Casiopeia is licensed under CC BY-SA2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Kam-med-runer-fra-Vimose DO-4148 2000” by Nationalmuseet is licensed under CC BY-SA3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Einangsteinen inscript” by Lars Gustavsen is licensed under CC BY-SA4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“CodexRunicus” by Asztalos Gyula is licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
“Hanseschiffe vor Kopenhagen” by Unknown is licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
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