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New Danish
New (or Modern Danish) is the contemporary descendent of Old Danish. It is the
official language of Denmark.
Number of Speakers (1988): 5 million
New English
New (or Modern) English is the contemporary descendent of Middle English. It is
the official language of Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, It is the
standard language of the United States. It is one of the official languages of
Canada, India, the United Nations, and many other nations.
New English is characterized by a very large vocabulary, non-phonetic spelling, an
almost total lack of inflection (most plurals of nouns are indicated), a syntax
almost totally dependent on word order, and a very complicated periphrastic verb
system.
Number of speakers (2000): 341 million (first language), circa 3 billion total.
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