The Danish language is spoken only outside of Spain.
Danish [ ˈdeɪnᵻʃ ] ( dansk [ ˈd̥anˀsɡ̊ ] ; dansk sprog , [ ˈd̥anˀsɡ̊ ˈsb̥ʁɔʊ̯ˀ ] ) is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people , principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany , where it has minority language status . There are also minor Danish-speaking communities in Norway , Sweden , Spain , the United States , Canada , Brazil and Argentina . Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas , around 15 -- 20 % of the population of Greenland speak Danish as their home language . Until the 16th century , Danish was a continuum of dialects spoken from Schleswig to Scania with no standard variety or spelling conventions .