danskspråkiga
Danskspråkiga refers to people who speak Danish, the North Germanic language that is the official language of Denmark and one of the official languages of the European Union. In academic usage the term is often applied to communities or individuals who use Danish as a mother tongue, first language or primary language of communication, and may include speakers in Denmark proper, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and in the Swedish municipality of Luleå, among other places. The word is a compound of the Swedish word for Danish, “Dansk,” and the suffix –språkiga, which denotes speakers of a particular language.
Historically, Swedish emigrants to Denmark, Danish expatriates in Norway and Sweden, and Norwegian fishermen who operated
Danish is closely related to Swedish and Norwegian, sharing a high degree of mutual intelligibility. In linguistic
The term danskspråkiga is used in demographic surveys, language policy documents, and cultural organizations to describe