DENMARK: What sign languages are used in Denmark?

This article can help you answer the following questions:

How many Deaf / Hard of Hearing people are in Denmark?
What sign languages are used in Denmark?
How do you say Denmark in sign language?
Where can I learn Danish Sign Language online?
What Deaf organizations are located in Denmark?
What additional sign language resources are there for Denmark?

Where is Denmark?

How many Deaf / Hard of Hearing people are in Denmark?

There are an estimated 191,400 Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Denmark.

This percentage is a rough estimation: 3.3% of the general population. Lack of research make estimating these numbers difficult. The World Health Organization estimates 5% of the world population has significant hearing loss. Keep in mind that developing nations typically have a much higher number of Deaf and Hard of Hearing populations.

What sign languages are used in Denmark?

Dansk Tegnsprog (DTS)

Written / spoken languages in Denmark:

Danish
Faroese
German
Greenlandic

How do you say Denmark in sign language?

Where can I learn Danish Sign Language online?

This language is not yet available. If you would like to learn this language, please request it here: https://www.intersignuniversity.com/sign-languages

InterSign University offers many international sign language courses. Check them out here:

https://intersign-university.thinkific.com/collections?category=courses

What Deaf organizations are located in Denmark?

Danske Døves Landsforbund

ddl@deaf.dk

Description: Promotes better living conditions for deaf people and fights for the right to education, employment, and accessibility. Has 18 local deaf associations in Denmark.

Danish Center for Congenitally DeafBlind People

Information Center for Acquired DeafBlindness

dbcent@dbcent.dk

The Danish Sign Language Council

Source: Gallaudet