DAN ISO 639-3
Danish
Dansk Autonym
A language of Denmark
- ISO 639
- dan
- Alternate Names
- Rigsdansk
- Autonym
- Dansk
- Population
- 5,460,000 in Denmark (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 5,613,190.
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 1 (National). De facto national language.
- Classification
- Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Danish-Riksmal, Danish
- Dialects
- Bornholmsk (Bornholmian, Eastern Danish), Jutlandic (Jutish, Jutlandish, Jysk, Western Danish), Island Danish (Insular Danish). Jutish (Western Danish) has four sub-dialects: Sønderjysk (Southern Jutish), Vestjysk (Western Jutish), Østjysk (Eastern Jutish) and Nordjysk (Northern Jutish). Island Danish has two sub-dialects: Sjaelandsk (Zealand) and Fynsk (Funen).
- Typology
- SVO; prepositions; noun head final; gender (common/neuter); indefinite and definite affix; passives (middle, active, passive); tense; comparatives; 19 consonant and 27 vowel phonemes; pitch accent; stress on first syllable.
- Language Use
- Most also use English [eng] (European Commission 2006). Many also use Standard German [deu] (European Commission 2006). Some also use French [fra] (European Commission 2006).
- Language Development
- Compulsory subject in primary schools on Faroe Islands. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Fully developed. Bible: 1550–1993.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Danish
- Writing
- Braille script [Brai]. Latin script [Latn], primary usage.
- Other Comments
- Many slowly disappearing dialects.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Australia
Language Name
Danish
User Population
5,780 in Australia (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Danish
User Population
12,600 in Canada (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Switzerland
Language Name
Danish
User Population
5,220 in Switzerland (2012 UNSD).
- Location
- Schleswig-Holstein state: south Schleswig.
- Dialects
- Southern Jutish (Sønderjysk).
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- There are Danish schools. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Danish
User Population
21,700 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Spain
Language Name
Danish
User Population
8,860 in Spain (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- 1 (National)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Faroe Islands
Language Name
Danish
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Kingdom
Language Name
Danish
User Population
10,000 in United Kingdom (2011 census).
- Language Status
- 1 (National)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Greenland
Language Name
Danish
User Population
6,200 in Greenland (2014 World Factbook).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Iceland
Language Name
Danish
User Population
1,040 in Iceland (2008 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Luxembourg
Language Name
Danish
User Population
1,460 in Luxembourg (2011 census).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Norway
Language Name
Danish
User Population
20,800 in Norway (2021 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of New Zealand
Language Name
Danish
User Population
2,130 in New Zealand (2013 census).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Danish
User Population
29,100 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Danish
User Population
28,300 in United States (2015 census).
Map
Location: Widespread.
Size and Vitality
Click to enlarge with explanationPlace in Language Cloud
Click to enlarge with explanation