Languages of the country

Denmark

Official language: Danish. Regional: German, Kalaallisut. Population (CLDR): 6.0 million.

Map of regions

Colours mark the regions where a language is official or predominant; stripes – several languages in one region. Hover over a language in the list to see its regions.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
Danish dansk Official 93%
German Deutsch

The language of the German minority in South Jutland.

Regional 47%
Kalaallisut Regional 0.1%
English Widely used 86%
Swedish svenska Widely used 13%
Faroese føroyskt Minority 0.4%

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