Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are three main reasons why Danish is so complicated. First, with about 40 different vowel sounds – compared to between 13 ...

The way Danes speak makes it much harder for Danish children to learn the language. Fabio Trecca, CC BY-ND A visual depiction of the words for ‘smoked trout’ spoken out loud in Danish (top) and ...

Morten H. Christiansen, Cornell University and Fabio Trecca, Aarhus University Denmark is a rich country with an extensive welfare system and strong education. Yet surprisingly, Danish children have ...