| Language | Endonym | Geographic Area | Source | Legal Recognition | Legal Document | Source | National Number | Bases for Calculation | Estimation Date | Source | Endangerment Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Danish Sign Language (DTS)
Sign Language
|
Dansk tegnsprog | Whole country | 2014 | Proclamation of the Act on the Danish Language Board / Bekendtgørelse af lov om Dansk Sprognævn | Approx. 20 000 (not a census) | Know the Language | 2025 | 5 (Developing) | |||
|
None ('De facto' official language: Danish)
Germanic
|
Dansk | Whole country | / | / | / | Approx. 6 000 000 (not a census) | Language spoken | 2026 (Website accessed) | 1 (National) |
| Language | Endonym | Geographic Area | Source | Legal Recognition | Legal Document | Source | National Number | Bases for Calculation | Estimation Date | Source | Endangerment Level | ECRML level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
German
Germanic
|
Deutsch | South Jutland / Northern Schleswig? | 1955 | Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations (Notification concerning the general rights of the German minority) | 15 000 (given, not a census) | The German Minority | 2023 | 5* (Dispersed) | Part II & Part III |
| Language | Ethnologue | ELP |
|---|---|---|
| English | ✓ | |
| French | ✓ | |
| Greenlandic / Kalaallisut | ✓ | ✓ |
| Swedish | ✓ | |
| Traveller Danish | ✓ |
| Language | Endonym | Geographic Area | Source | Legal Recognition | Legal Document | Source | National Number | Bases for Calculation | Estimation Date | Source | Endangerment Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
English
Germanic
|
English | Widespread | / | / | / | 5 035 000 | Users | 2023 | 4 (Educational) | ||
|
French
Romance
|
Français | Scattered | / | / | / | 429 800 | Users | 2023 | 4 (Educational) | ||
|
Greenlandic / Kalaallisut
Eskaleut
|
Kalaallisut | Scattered | / | / | / | 57 000 (based on ethnicity) | Users | 2021 | 5* (Dispersed) | ||
|
Swedish
Germanic
|
Svenska | Scattered | / | / | / | 771 400 | Users | 2023 | 5* (Dispersed) | ||
|
Traveller Danish
Germanic
|
Danish | / | / | / | / | No known L1 speakers | / | / | 10 (Extinct) |
| Language | Endonym | Geographic Area | Source | Legal Recognition | Legal Document | Source | National Number | Bases for Calculation | Estimation Date | Source | Endangerment Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Greenlandic / Kalaallisut
Eskaleut
|
Kalaallisut | / | / | / | / | 47 800 (international) | Speakers | 2026 (Website accessed) | Vulnerable |
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