Language
Languages of Denmark
Kingdom of Denmark, Kongeriget Danmark. 5,505,995. Population includes 43,000 on Faroe Islands (1998 UN). National or official languages: Danish, Standard German (regional). Also see Greenland. Greenland and Faroe Islands both have home rule. Literacy rate: 99%. Also includes English (10,000), Iu Mien (200), Kirmanjki, Northern Kurdish (8,000), Turkish (30,000), Western Farsi (9,000), Romani (3,000), from the former Yugoslavia (10,000), from India or Pakistan (4,000). Information mainly from M. Stephens 1976; B. Comrie 1987; I. Hancock 1991. Blind population: 9,350. Deaf population: 3,500 to 314,548 (1998). Deaf institutions: 20. The number of languages listed for Denmark is 8. Of those, all are living languages.
Danish
[dan] 5,000,000 in Denmark (1980). Population total all countries: 5,299,756. Also spoken in Canada, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, USA. Alternate names: Dansk, Central Danish, Sjaelland. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Danish-Riksmal, Danish.
Danish Sign Language.
[dsl] 3,500 (1986 Gallaudet Univ.). Dialects: Some signs are related to French Sign Language. Intelligible with Swedish and Norwegian sign languages with only moderate difficulty. Not intelligible with Finnish Sign Language. Classification: Deaf sign language.
Faroese
[fao] 45,400 (2001). Faroe Islands. Alternate names: Føroyskt. Dialects: Not inherently intelligible with Icelandic. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, West Scandinavian.
German, Standard
[deu] 23,000 in Denmark (1976 Stephens). North Slesvig (Sydjylland). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Inuktitut, Greenlandic
[kal] 7,000 on Denmark mainland (1990 L. D. Kaplan). Alternate names: Greenlandic, Kalaallisut. Classification: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Inuit.
Jutish
[jut] German-Danish border area, Southern Jutland on the Danish side, and in northern Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Also spoken in Germany. Alternate names: Jutlandish, Jysk, Western Danish. Dialects: The westernmost and southernmost dialects differ so much from Standard Danish that many people from the Eastern Islands have great difficulty understanding it. From the viewpoint of inherent intelligibility, it could be considered a separate language (Norbert Strade). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Danish-Riksmal, Danish.
Scanian
[scy] Bornholm Island. Alternate names: Skane, Skånska, Eastern Danish, Southern Swedish. Dialects: Hallaendska, Skånska, Blekingska, Bornholm. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Swedish.
Traveller Danish
[rmd] Alternate names: Rodi, Rotwelsch. Dialects: An independent language based on Danish with heavy lexical borrowing from Northern Romani. Not inherently intelligible with Angloromani. It may be intelligible with Traveller Norwegian and Traveller Swedish. Classification: Mixed Language, Danish-Romani.
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Kingdom of Denmark, Kongeriget Danmark. 5,505,995. Population includes 43,000 on Faroe Islands (1998 UN). National or official languages: Danish, Standard German (regional). Also see Greenland. Greenland and Faroe Islands both have home rule. Literacy rate: 99%. Also includes English (10,000), Iu Mien (200), Kirmanjki, Northern Kurdish (8,000), Turkish (30,000), Western Farsi (9,000), Romani (3,000), from the former Yugoslavia (10,000), from India or Pakistan (4,000). Information mainly from M. Stephens 1976; B. Comrie 1987; I. Hancock 1991. Blind population: 9,350. Deaf population: 3,500 to 314,548 (1998). Deaf institutions: 20. The number of languages listed for Denmark is 8. Of those, all are living languages.
Living languages
Danish
[dan] 5,000,000 in Denmark (1980). Population total all countries: 5,299,756. Also spoken in Canada, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, USA. Alternate names: Dansk, Central Danish, Sjaelland. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Danish-Riksmal, Danish.
Danish Sign Language.
[dsl] 3,500 (1986 Gallaudet Univ.). Dialects: Some signs are related to French Sign Language. Intelligible with Swedish and Norwegian sign languages with only moderate difficulty. Not intelligible with Finnish Sign Language. Classification: Deaf sign language.
Faroese
[fao] 45,400 (2001). Faroe Islands. Alternate names: Føroyskt. Dialects: Not inherently intelligible with Icelandic. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, West Scandinavian.
German, Standard
[deu] 23,000 in Denmark (1976 Stephens). North Slesvig (Sydjylland). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Inuktitut, Greenlandic
[kal] 7,000 on Denmark mainland (1990 L. D. Kaplan). Alternate names: Greenlandic, Kalaallisut. Classification: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Inuit.
Jutish
[jut] German-Danish border area, Southern Jutland on the Danish side, and in northern Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Also spoken in Germany. Alternate names: Jutlandish, Jysk, Western Danish. Dialects: The westernmost and southernmost dialects differ so much from Standard Danish that many people from the Eastern Islands have great difficulty understanding it. From the viewpoint of inherent intelligibility, it could be considered a separate language (Norbert Strade). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Danish-Riksmal, Danish.
Scanian
[scy] Bornholm Island. Alternate names: Skane, Skånska, Eastern Danish, Southern Swedish. Dialects: Hallaendska, Skånska, Blekingska, Bornholm. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Swedish.
Traveller Danish
[rmd] Alternate names: Rodi, Rotwelsch. Dialects: An independent language based on Danish with heavy lexical borrowing from Northern Romani. Not inherently intelligible with Angloromani. It may be intelligible with Traveller Norwegian and Traveller Swedish. Classification: Mixed Language, Danish-Romani.
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