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Danish now acts as a lingua franca in Greenland, with a large percentage of native Greenlanders able to speak Danish as a second language (it was introduced into the education system as a compulsory language in 1928). About 10% of the population speaks Danish as their first language, due to immigration. [5]
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.
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
Greenland: Greenlandic is the official language. Danish and English are spoken and taught; and all Greenlanders are Danish-Greenlandic bilinguals. Mexico: The government recognizes 62 indigenous languages, [citation needed] including Nahuatl, spoken by more than 1.5 million people and Aguacatec spoken by 27 people, along with Spanish.
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Denmark: 5 34 39 0.55 5,924,220 151,903 23,100
In Southern Jutland in southwestern Denmark, German is also spoken by the North Schleswig Germans, and German is a recognized minority language in this region. German is the primary language among the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig, and likewise, Danish is the primary language of the North Schleswig Germans. Both minority groups are ...
This is a list of European languages by the number of native speakers in Europe only. List. Rank ... Danish: 5,500,000 [29] 24 Finnish: 5,400,000 [30] 25 Norwegian:
Pages in category "Countries and territories where Danish is an official language" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .