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The Danish Language

Danish is important because it uses unusual vowels regularly. This includes i5i5i5, e5e5e5, and a5a5a5. Danish is a North Germanic language which descended from Old Norse, the viking language for the Skandinavian people living there around 1000 years ago. Wikipedia says there are about 27 unique vowels which are distinguishable and have different meanings in Danish, which is quite a lot. Tone only keeps track of 15 vowels, as many of these more subtle vowel distinctions blend together depending on your current intonations which vary every time you speak really. So Tone takes the perspective that there are really only 15 vowels needed to speak all languages on Earth with a high degree of accuracy. It turns out that that 27 number takes into account long vs. short vowels, which Tone can handle as well, so Tone is easily able to handle the complexities of the Danish vowel system.

Consonant Phonology for Danish

Here are the 16 fundamental consonants used when speaking Danish.

For a complete list of possible consonants a human voice might make while speaking a natural language, check out the consonants page.

Vowel Phonology for Danish

These are the 14 base vowels used when speaking Danish.

Also, a complete list of possible vowels a human voice might make while speaking can be found here.