Denmark

Danish

[dan] 1 (National). De facto national language. 5,460,000 in Denmark (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 5,613,190.

2 (Provincial)

German, Standard

[deu] 2 (Provincial). Statutory language of provincial identity in Syddanmark region (1955, Danish-German Agreement). 2,777,800 in Denmark, all users. L1 users: 37,800 in Denmark (2020 Eurostat). L2 users: 2,740,000 (2020).

Greenlandic

[kal] 2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in Greenland (1978, Greenland Homerule Act No. 577, Article 9(1)). 7,000 in Denmark (2007 L. Toreby).

4 (Educational)

English

[eng] 4 (Educational). 5,031,600 in Denmark, all users. L1 users: 31,600 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality. L2 users: 5,000,000 (European Commission 2012).

French

[fra] 4 (Educational). 426,800 in Denmark, all users. L1 users: 6,800 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality. L2 users: 420,000 (Beck et al 2018).

5 (Dispersed)

Swedish

[swe] 5* (Dispersed). 754,400 in Denmark, all users. L1 users: 14,400 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality. L2 users: 740,000 (European Commission 2012).

5 (Developing)

Danish Sign Language

[dsl] 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2015, Law 61, amendment to Danish Language Council). 16,000 in Denmark, all users. L1 users: 6,000 in Denmark (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated assuming 0.1% of the total population. Other estimates: 4,000 (2014 EUD), 5,000 (Bergman and Engberg-Pedersen 2010), 24,500 (2014 IMB). L2 users: 10,000 (McGregor et al 2015). Total users in all countries: 16,110 (as L1: 6,110; as L2: 10,000).

10 (Extinct)

Traveller Danish

[rmd] 10 (Extinct). No known L1 speakers. Became extinct early in 20th century.

Unestablished

Arabic, Moroccan Spoken

[ary] Unestablished. 5,900 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] Unestablished. 48,500 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Bengali

[ben] Unestablished. 1,790 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Bosnian

[bos] Unestablished. 16,800 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Bulgarian

[bul] Unestablished. 9,900 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Burmese

[mya] Unestablished. 1,840 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Chinese

[zho] Unestablished. 12,900 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Croatian

[hrv] Unestablished. 2,380 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Czech

[ces] Unestablished. 1,670 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Dutch

[nld] Unestablished. 6,900 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Estonian, Standard

[ekk] Unestablished. 1,370 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Faroese

[fao] Unestablished. 21,000 in Denmark (2015 R. Hansen).

Finnish

[fin] Unestablished. 3,610 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Greek

[ell] Unestablished. 3,340 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Hungarian

[hun] Unestablished. 5,370 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Icelandic

[isl] Unestablished. 7,920 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Italian

[ita] Unestablished. 9,000 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Iu Mien

[ium] Unestablished. 8,000 in Denmark (2007).

Japanese

[jpn] Unestablished. 1,790 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Korean

[kor] Unestablished. 9,580 in Denmark (2019 Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs), based on nationality.

Kurdish, Northern

[kmr] Unestablished. 20,000 in Denmark (2007).

Latvian, Standard

[lvs] Unestablished. 5,120 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Lithuanian

[lit] Unestablished. 13,200 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Macedonian

[mkd] Unestablished. 3,620 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Nepali

[npi] Unestablished. 4,150 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Norwegian

[nor] Unestablished. 15,700 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Persian, Iranian

[pes] Unestablished. 17,200 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Polish

[pol] Unestablished. 41,500 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Portuguese

[por] Unestablished. 6,930 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Romanian

[ron] Unestablished. 30,600 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Russian

[rus] Unestablished. 11,000 in Denmark (Arefyev 2012), all users. L1 users: 6,380 (2020 census), based on nationality.

Serbian

[srp] Unestablished. 1,650 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Sinhala

[sin] Unestablished. 7,000 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Slovak

[slk] Unestablished. 2,920 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Somali

[som] Unestablished. 11,300 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Spanish

[spa] Unestablished. 252,000 in Denmark, all users. L1 users: 19,000 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality. L2 users: 233,000 (2020).

Tagalog

[tgl] Unestablished. 10,700 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Tamil

[tam] Unestablished. 9,000 in Denmark.

Thai

[tha] Unestablished. 11,900 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Turkish

[tur] Unestablished. 33,100 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Ukrainian

[ukr] Unestablished. 12,100 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Urdu

[urd] Unestablished. 14,500 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Vietnamese

[vie] Unestablished. 9,650 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

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