Languages

Danish

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Danish." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/danish.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Danish. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/danish

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-danish,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Danish},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/danish},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Danish is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 5.5 million people, principally in and around Denmark.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

dan 1

Speaker Count

5,500,000 1

2012 estimate.

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Germanic

Source Wikipedia: Danish Language

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Danish Language

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Quote, Lead section

Danish (endonym: dansk, dansk sprog) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 5.5 million people, principally in and around Denmark.

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1. Wikipedia: Danish Language

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