Wast Germanic leid From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
German (Deutsch, pronouncit [dɔʏtʃ]) is a Wast Germanic leid, thus relatit tae an clessifee'd alangside Inglis an Dutch. It is ane o the warld's major leids an the maist widely spaken first leid in the European Union. Globally, German is spoken bi aboot 120 million hamespun speakers an aw bi aboot 80 million non-hamespun speakers. Standard German is widely taucht in schuils, varsities an Goethe Institutes warldwide.It is a naitional leid o Germany, Austrick, Liechtenstein, Swizzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium an the European Union.
German | |
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Deutsch | |
Pronunciation | [dɔʏtʃ] |
Native tae | Primarily German-speakin Europe, an aw in the warldwide German-speakin diaspora |
Ethnicity | German fowk (historically) |
Native speakers | 90 million (2010)[1] to 95 million (2014)[2] L2 speakers: 10–15 million (2014)[2][3] |
Indo-European
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Early forms | Auld Heich German
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Staundart forms | German Staundart German
Swiss Staundart German
Austrick Staundart German
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Latin (German alphabet) German Braille | |
Signed forms | Signed German, LBG (Lautsprachbegleitende / Lautbegleitende Gebärden) |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | 6 kintras
3 dependencies
Several internaitional institutions |
Recognised minority leid in | 11 kintras
(minority/naitional leid)
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Regulatit bi | No offeecial regulation (German orthografie regulatit bi the Cooncil for German Orthografie[4]). |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | de |
ISO 639-2 | ger (B) deu (T) |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:deu – Germangmh – Middle Heich Germangoh – Auld Heich Germangct – Colonia Tovar Germanbar – Bavariancim – Cimbriangeh – Hutterite Germanksh – Kölschnds – Law German[note 1]sli – Lower Silesianltz – Luxembourgish[note 2]vmf – Mainfränkischmhn – Mòchenopfl – Palatinate Germanpdc – Pennsylvania Germanpdt – Plautdietsch[note 3]swg – Swabian Germangsw – Swiss Germanuln – Unserdeutschsxu – Upper Saxonwae – Walser Germanwep – Westphalianhrx – Riograndenser Hunsrückischyec – Yenish |
Glottolog | high1287 Heich Franconian[6]uppe1397 Upper German[7] |
Linguasphere |
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(Co-)Offeecial an majority leid
Co-offeecial, but not majority leid
Statutory minority/cultural leid
Non-statutory minority leid | |
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