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Danish language: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Omniglot - Danish language. Apr 02, 2026
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Is Danish an intrinsically more difficult language to understand than Swedish? Mar 21, 2025
Add new Web site: BYU Department of Linguistics - A Very Brief History of Danish. Aug 22, 2023
Add new Web site: Omniglot - Danish language. Sep 26, 2022
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Danish. May 28, 2009
Article revised and updated. Nov 14, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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