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Though Danish ceased to be an official language in Iceland in 1944, it is still widely used and is a mandatory subject in school, taught as a second foreign language after English. No law stipulates an official language for Denmark, making Danish the de facto official language only.
- 6.0 million (2019)
1 de may. de 2024 · Danish language, the official language of Denmark, spoken there by more than five million people. It is also spoken in a few communities south of the German border; it is taught in the schools of the Faroe Islands, of Iceland, and of Greenland. Danish belongs to the East Scandinavian branch of North Germanic languages.
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Official status of Danish. Danish is the official language in Denmark, and a co-official language with Faroese in the Faroe Islands. It is the statutory national working language in Greenland, and the statutory language of provincial identity in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
The Kingdom of Denmark has only one official language, Danish, the national language of the Danish people, but there are several minority languages spoken, namely Faroese, German, and Greenlandic.
Danish is the official language of three countries: Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. So, the Danish language truly isn’t limited to the Danish people. Although, yes, it’s most commonly used in Denmark. There are also sizable Danish-speaking communities in neighboring countries, such as Sweden, Norway, and Germany.
Danish ( / ˈdeɪnɪʃ / ⓘ, DAY-nish; endonym: dansk pronounced [ ˈtænˀsk] ⓘ, dansk sprog [ ˈtænˀsk ˈspʁɔwˀ]) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark.
Contents. hide. Beginning. References. Danish language. Map of Danish dialects. Spoken Danish. Danish is the Germanic language spoken in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and parts of Greenland and Germany (Southern Schleswig). Around 5.5 million people speak Danish. It is used as a second language in Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
