<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="" style="margin:24px 0px 15px;padding:0px 105px 0px 0px;font-size:24px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:AccessHeavyRegular;text-transform:uppercase;background-color:rgb(238,236,231)">THE DANISH LANGUAGE</h1><h2 class="" style="margin:15px 100px 27px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;font-family:verdana,arial;background-color:rgb(238,236,231)">Danish has been a comprehensive language of culture and literature since the 19th century. The development and preservation of Danish are an important part of Danish cultural policy.</h2><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:verdana,arial;font-size:11px;line-height:13.541px;background-color:rgb(238,236,231)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><p class="" style="margin:8px 0px;padding:0px 105px 0px 0px;width:auto;line-height:16px">Knowledge of English and other foreign languages is an invaluable strength for Danish society and for Denmark as a country with a national culture. But for a small country like Denmark, it is at the same time essential to preserve and develop the Danish language. </p><p class="" style="margin:8px 0px;padding:0px 105px 0px 0px;width:auto;line-height:16px">Denmark does not have any legislation as such establishing the status of the Danish language, but the Ministry of Culture is responsible for the legislation on Danish orthography which lays down the rules of orthography applying to public institutions.</p><p class="" style="margin:8px 0px;padding:0px 105px 0px 0px;width:auto;line-height:16px">The ministry also finances a number of institutions whose task it is to contribute to the continued development of Danish language and literature.</p><h2 style="margin:25px 0px 8px;padding:0px 105px 0px 0px;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:16px">Institutions</h2><p class="" style="margin:8px 0px;padding:0px 105px 0px 0px;width:auto;line-height:16px">The Danish Language Council is charged with the following:</p><ul style="margin:8px 0px 16px 16px;padding:0px 105px 0px 10px;width:auto;line-height:16px"><li style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Observing the development of the Danish language</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Answering questions about the Danish language and language use</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Determining Danish spelling and editing the official Danish orthographical dictionary</li></ul><p class="" style="margin:8px 0px;padding:0px 105px 0px 0px;width:auto;line-height:16px">Dansk Sprog- og Litteraturselskab (The Danish Language and Literature Society) is an independent institution supported by the Ministry of Culture and charged with publishing and documenting Danish language and literature from the earliest times to the present day.</p><p class="" style="margin:8px 0px;padding:0px 105px 0px 0px;width:auto;line-height:16px">The Danish Language Council and Dansk Sprog- og Litteraturselskab together edit the website <a href="http://sproget.dk">sproget.dk</a>, which provides guidance and information and answers questions concerning the Danish language.</p><p class="" style="margin:8px 0px;padding:0px 105px 0px 0px;width:auto;line-height:16px"><br></p></div></div><div><a href="http://kum.dk/english/policy-areas/the-danish-language/">http://kum.dk/english/policy-areas/the-danish-language/</a><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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