Dansk Sprognævn ( "Danish Language Council") is the official regulatory body of the

Danish language Danish (; , ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the northern German region of Southern Schl ...

as a part of the Danish Ministry of Culture and is located in Bogense. It was established in 1955. The committee has three main objectives: * to follow the development of the language * to answer inquiries about the Danish language and its use * to update the official Danish dictionary, '' Retskrivningsordbogen'' The working members of the committee follow written and broadcast media, read books to keep track of new words and record their usage. New words which have appeared enough in print and speech to be considered notable are added to ''Retskrivningsordbogen'', which all government institutions and schools are obliged by law to follow. The committee receives some 14,000 inquiries by phone or mail each year about the Danish language, half of them from private companies, but also by private citizens. Dansk Sprognævn cooperates on a daily basis with its equivalents in the other

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n countries, the

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and

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s, to make sure that the three Mainland Scandinavian languages, which are more or less mutually intelligible, do not diverge more than necessary from one another.

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Official siteDanish Ministry of CultureThe legislation that regulates the objectives and the statutes of Dansk Sprognævn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dansk Sprognaevn 1955 establishments in Denmark Sprognaevn Language regulators Danish language

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