Editing Danish language (section)

=== Danish Realm ===
Within the [[Danish Realm]], Danish is the national language of Denmark and one of two official languages of the Faroe Islands (alongside [[Faroese language|Faroese]]). There is a Faroese variant of Danish known as [[Gøtudanskt accent|Gøtudanskt]]. Until 2009, Danish was also one of two official languages of Greenland (alongside [[Greenlandic language|Greenlandic]]). 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 [[Demographics of Greenland#Ethnic groups|the population]] speaks Danish as their [[first language]], due to immigration.{{sfn|Frederiksen|Olsen|2017}}

Iceland was a territory ruled by [[Denmark–Norway]], one of whose official languages was Danish.{{sfn|Jacobsen|2003}} Though Danish ceased to be an official language in Iceland in 1944, it is still widely used and is a mandatory subject in school, taught as a second foreign language after English.

No law stipulates an official language for Denmark, making Danish the ''de facto'' official language only. The Code of Civil Procedure does, however, lay down Danish as the language of the courts.{{sfn|Rischel|2012|pp=822–823}} Since 1997, public authorities have been obliged to follow the official spelling system laid out in the Orthography Law. In the 21st century, discussions have been held with a view to create a law that would make Danish the official language of Denmark.{{sfn|Heltoft|Preisler|2007}}