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German
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Pronunciation [ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Native toPrimarily in German-speaking Europe, as a minority/cultural language worldwide
Native speakers
L1: 95 million [1] [2] (2014)
L2: 10-25 million [1] [2];
as a foreign language:
75-100 million [1] [3]
Standard forms
Latin ( German alphabet)
German Braille
Signed German, LBG
(Lautsprachbegleitende/Lautbegleitende Gebärden)
Official status
Official language in

Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byNo official regulation
(German orthography regulated by the Council for German Orthography [4]).
Language codes
ISO 639-1 de
ISO 639-2 ger (B)
deu (T)
ISO 639-3Variously:
deu – German
gmh –  Middle High German
goh –  Old High German
gct –  Alemán Coloniero
bar –  Austro-Bavarian
cim –  Cimbrian
geh –  Hutterite German
ksh –  Kölsch
nds –  Low German
sli –  Lower Silesian
vmf –  Main-Franconian
mhn –  Mócheno
pfl –  Palatinate German
pdc –  Pennsylvania German
pdt –  Plautdietsch
swg –  Swabian German
gsw –  Swiss German
uln –  Unserdeutsch
sxu –  Upper Saxon
wae –  Walser German
wep –  Westphalian
hrx –  Riograndenser Hunsrückisch
Glottolog high1287  High Franconian
uppe1397  Upper German
Linguasphere
further information
52-AC (Continental West Germanic) > 52-ACB (Deutsch & Dutch) >
52-ACB-d ( Central German incl. 52-ACB–dl & -dm Standard/Generalised High German) + 52-ACB-e & -f ( Upper German & Swiss German) + 52-ACB-h ( émigré German varieties incl.
52-ACB-hc Hutterite German & 52-ACB-he Pennsylvania German etc.) + 52-ACB-i ( Yenish); totalling 285 varieties: 52-ACB-daa to 52-ACB-i
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  1. ^ a b c Ammon, Ulrich - Die Stellung der deutschen Sprache in der Welt (de Gruyter Mouton; ISBN 978-3-11-019298-8)
  2. ^ a b Sum of Standard German, Swiss German, and all German dialects not listed under "Standard German" at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. ^ Eurobarometer Survey 2012 by the European Commission
  4. ^ "Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung – Über den Rat". Rechtschreibrat.ids-mannheim.de. Retrieved 11 October 2010.