Danish
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A language of Denmark
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Population
5,380,000 in Denmark (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 5,530,860.
Location
Widespread.
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Language Status
1 (National). De facto national language.
Classification
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
Language Development
Compulsory subject in primary schools on Faroe Islands. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Fully developed. Bible: 1550–1993.
Language Resources

Many slowly disappearing dialects.