Editing Danish language (section)

===Surrounding countries===
[[File:Learn Danish in Germany, 2012, ubt.JPG|thumb|''Learn Danish'' banner in [[Flensburg]], [[Germany]], where it is an officially recognized [[regional language]]]]
In addition, a noticeable community of Danish speakers is in [[Southern Schleswig]], the portion of Germany bordering Denmark, and a variant of Standard Danish, [[Southern Schleswig Danish]], is spoken in the area. Since 2015, [[Schleswig-Holstein]] has officially recognized Danish as a [[regional language]],<ref name=deofficial-law>{{cite web |title=§ 82b LVwG, Regional- und Minderheitensprachen vor Behörden – Gesetze des Bundes und der Länder |url=http://www.lexsoft.de/cgi-bin/lexsoft/justizportal_nrw.cgi?xid=148815,381 |website=www.lexsoft.de |access-date=20 December 2022 |archive-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803163533/http://www.lexsoft.de/cgi-bin/lexsoft/justizportal_nrw.cgi?xid=148815,381 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="deofficial-tvsyd">{{cite news |last1=Nygaard |first1=Jørgen |last2=Møller |first2=Ernst |title=Dansk er blevet officielt sprog i Slesvig |url=https://www.tvsyd.dk/sydslesvig/dansk-er-blevet-officielt-sprog-i-slesvig |access-date=20 December 2022 |work=TV SYD |date=14 May 2015 |language=da |archive-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204225405/https://www.tvsyd.dk/sydslesvig/dansk-er-blevet-officielt-sprog-i-slesvig |url-status=live }}</ref> just as [[German language|German]] is north of the border. Furthermore, Danish is one of the official languages of the [[European Union]] and one of the working languages of the [[Nordic Council]].<ref name=norden>{{cite web|title=Nordic language co-operation|url=http://www.norden.org/en/about-nordic-co-operation/areas-of-co-operation/language/nordic-language-co-operation|publisher=Nordic Council|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-date=7 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207182526/http://www.norden.org/en/about-nordic-co-operation/areas-of-co-operation/language/nordic-language-co-operation|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under the [[Nordic Language Convention]], Danish-speaking citizens of the Nordic countries have the opportunity to use their native language when interacting with official bodies in other Nordic countries without being liable for any [[interpreting|interpretation]] or [[translation]] costs.<ref name=norden />

The more widespread of the two varieties of written [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], {{lang|no|[[Bokmål]]}}, is very close to Danish, because standard Danish was used as the ''[[de facto]]'' administrative language until 1814 and one of the official languages of [[Denmark–Norway]]. {{lang|no|Bokmål}} is based on Danish, unlike the other variety of Norwegian, {{lang|no|[[Nynorsk]]}}, which is based on the Norwegian dialects, with [[Old Norwegian]] as an important reference point.{{sfn|Torp|2006}} Also [[North Frisian language|North Frisian]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Wie bitte? Friesisch? Was ist das denn? (Seite 2) |url=https://www.ndr.de/kultur/norddeutsche_sprache/friesisch/friesisch2_page-2.html |publisher=NDR |access-date=17 January 2023 |language=de |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114144433/https://www.ndr.de/kultur/norddeutsche_sprache/friesisch/friesisch2_page-2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Gutnish|Gutnish (Gutamål)]] were influenced by Danish.<ref>Bengt Pamp: ''Svenska dialekter''. Natur och Kultur, Stockholm 1978, {{ISBN|91-27-00344-2}}, p. 76</ref>