DANISH: a language of Denmark

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: DNS

ISO 639-1: da

ISO 639-2: dan

Population	5,000,000 in Denmark (1980). Population total all countries 5,326,000.
Region	Also spoken in Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, UAE, USA.
Alternate names	DANSK, CENTRAL DANISH, SJAELLAND
Classification	Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Danish-Bokmal, Danish.
Comments	See separate entries for Skåne, often called 'Eastern Danish' and Jutish, often called 'Western Danish'. Also see Norwegian, Riksmal. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO. Christian. Bible 1550, in press (1993).

Also spoken in:

Germany

Language name	DANISH
Population	50,000 in Germany (1976 Stephens).
Alternate names	DÄNISCH, DANSK
Comments	There are Danish schools. Bible 1550, in press (1993). See main entry under Denmark.

Greenland

Language name	DANISH
Population	7,830 in Greenland, 14.5% of the population (1986).
Comments	National language. Bible 1550, in press (1993). See main entry under Denmark.