The DanishLanguage is a DanishGroupLanguage of Denmark. 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. Comments: See separate entries for Skane, 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: DANISCH, DANSK. Comments: There are Danish schools. Bible 1550, in press (1993). Also spoken in: Greenland. (Language name: DANISH.) Population: 7,830 in Greenland, 14.5% of the population (1986). Comments: National language. Bible 1550, in press (1993).(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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