The Danish writing system is based on the 26-letter Latin
alphabet with an additional three letters - Æ/æ, Ø/ø, and Å/å - placed at the
end.
Below are some of the prominent features of the Danish
writing system:
Danish underwent a major orthography reform in 1948, which
led to the introduction of the Å/å character as a replacement for aa. The old
usage of aa can still be found in Danish names and historical documents.
According to the Wikipedia, the Æ/æ character "represents a simple
vowel...the same phoneme is represented in Swedish by the letter 'Ä', and in
German by 'A-Umlaut.'"1 The Ø/ø character, on the other hand,
represents a unique vowel in Danish and Norwegian and its equivalent in the
Turkish, Finnish, Swedish, Icelandic, and German alphabets is the letter
"Ö."2
Additional resources on the Danish writing system can be
found on the Web at:
1
"Æ" Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6
[Accessed December 2, 2004]
[Accessed December 2, 2004]
2
"Æ" Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8
[Accessed December 2, 2004]
[Accessed December 2, 2004]
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