Languages of Denmark

Languages of Denmark^[1]^[2]
Languages of Denmark
	Danish dialects
Official	Danish
Regional	(Officially recognised) ; Faroese ; Greenlandic
Minority	German, Romani
Foreign	English (86%) ; German (47%) ; Swedish (13%)
Signed	Danish Sign Language
Keyboard layout	Danish QWERTY;

The Kingdom of Denmark has only one official language,^[3] Danish, the national language of the Danish people, but there are several minority languages spoken, namely Faroese, German, and Greenlandic.

A large majority (about 86%)^[1] of Danes also speak English as a second language; it is mandatory for Danish students to learn from first grade in the public elementary schools (Danish: folkeskole), by far the most popular option in the country. In the 1st (or 3rd, depends on the school) grade of folkeskole, a third language option is given, usually German or French. The vast majority pick German (about 47% of Danes report being able to speak conversational German). The third most widely understood foreign language is Swedish, with about 13% of Danes reporting to be able to speak it.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Europeans and their Languages" (PDF). Ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Denmark". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
^ "Facts and Statistics". Denmark.dk. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
^ "Special Eurobarometer 386: Europeans and their languages" (PDF). European Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

[ebs_243_en.pdf-1] "Europeans and their Languages" (PDF). Ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[report-2] "Denmark". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 28 September 2017.

[3] "Facts and Statistics". Denmark.dk. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[4] "Special Eurobarometer 386: Europeans and their languages" (PDF). European Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

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