German leid

German
	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) to 95 million (2014); L2 speakers: 10–15 million (2014)
Leid faimily	Indo-European Germanic Wast Germanic Heich German German; ; ; ;
Early forms	Auld Heich German Middle Heich German Early New Heich German ; ;
Staundart forms	German Staundart German Swiss Staundart German Austrick Staundart German
Writin seestem	Latin (German alphabet); German Braille
Signed forms	Signed German, LBG; (Lautsprachbegleitende / Lautbegleitende Gebärden)
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	6 kintras Austrick ; Belgium ; Germany ; Liechtenstein ; Luxembourg ; Swisserland ; ; 3 dependencies Sooth Tyrol (Italy) ; 31 gminas in Poland (Opole Voivodeship and Silesia Voivodeship) ; 9 municipalities in Brazil ; ; Several internaitional institutions
Recognised minority; leid in	11 kintras; (minority/naitional leid) Czech Republic; Denmark (Syddanmark); Hungary; Italy (Sooth Tyrol); Kazakhstan; Namibie; Poland; Romanie; Roushie (Azovo German Naitional Destrict); Slovakie; Ukraine ;
Regulatit bi	No offeecial regulation ; (German orthografie regulatit bi the Cooncil for German Orthografie).
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	de
ISO 639-2	ger (B) ; deu (T)
ISO 639-3	Variously:; deu – German; gmh – Middle Heich German; goh – Auld Heich German; gct – Colonia Tovar German; bar – Bavarian; cim – Cimbrian; geh – Hutterite German; ksh – Kölsch; nds – Law German; sli – Lower Silesian; ltz – Luxembourgish; vmf – Mainfränkisch; mhn – Mòcheno; 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; yec – Yenish
Glottolog	high1287 Heich Franconian; uppe1397 Upper German
Linguasphere	further information 52-AC (Continental Wast Germanic); > 52-ACB (Deutsch & Dutch); > 52-ACB-d (Central German incl. 52-ACB–dl & -dm Staundart/Generalised Heich German); + 52-ACB-e & -f (Upper German & Swiss German); + 52-ACB-h (émigré German varieties incl. 52-ACB-hc Hutterite German & 52-ACB-he Pennsylvanie German etc.); + 52-ACB-i (Yenish);; Totallin 285 varieties: 52-ACB-daa to 52-ACB-i
	(Co-)Offeecial an majority leid Co-offeecial, but not majority leid Statutory minority/cultural leid Non-statutory minority leid
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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 spoken first leid in the European Union. Globally, German is spoken bi aboot 120 million hamespun speakers an aboot 80 million non-hamespun speakers. Standard German is widely lairnt in schuils, varsities an Goethe Institutes warldwide.It is a naitional leid o Germany, Austrick, Liechtenstein, Swizzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium an the European Union.

Notes

↑ The status o Law German as a German variety or separate leid is subject tae discussion.^[5]
↑ The status o Luxembourgish as a German variety or separate leid is subject tae discussion.^[2]
↑ The status o Plautdietsch as a German variety or separate leid is subject tae discussion.^[5]

References

↑ Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2010" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010), in Nationalencyklopedin
1 2 3 Ammon, Ulrich (2014). Die Stellung der deutschen Sprache in der Welt (in German) (1st ed.). Berlin: de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-019298-8. Retrieved 24 Julie 2015.^{[page needit]}
↑ "Special Eurobarometer 386: Europeans and their languages" (PDF) (report). European Commission. Juin 2012. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
↑ "Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung – Über den Rat". Rechtschreibrat.ids-mannheim.de. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
1 2 Jan Goossens: Niederdeutsche Sprache: Versuch einer Definition. In: Jan Goossens (Hrsg.): Niederdeutsch: Sprache und Literatur. Karl Wachholtz, 2. Auflage, Neumünster 1983, S. 27; Willy Sanders: Sachsensprache, Hansesprache, Plattdeutsch: sprachgeschichtliche Grundzüge des Niederdeutschen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1982, ISBN 3-525-01213-6, S. 32 f.; Dieter Stellmacher: Niederdeutsche Sprache. 2. Auflage, Weidler, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89693-326-4, S. 92.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Heich Franconian". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Alpine Germanic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

[6] The status o Law German as a German variety or separate leid is subject tae discussion.^[5]

[7] The status o Luxembourgish as a German variety or separate leid is subject tae discussion.^[2]

[8] The status o Plautdietsch as a German variety or separate leid is subject tae discussion.^[5]

[1] Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2010" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010), in Nationalencyklopedin

[Ammon,_2014-2] 1 2 3 Ammon, Ulrich (2014). Die Stellung der deutschen Sprache in der Welt (in German) (1st ed.). Berlin: de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-019298-8. Retrieved 24 Julie 2015.^{[page needit]}

[eurobarometer-3] "Special Eurobarometer 386: Europeans and their languages" (PDF) (report). European Commission. Juin 2012. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[4] "Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung – Über den Rat". Rechtschreibrat.ids-mannheim.de. Retrieved 11 October 2010.

[Goossens2000-5] 1 2 Jan Goossens: Niederdeutsche Sprache: Versuch einer Definition. In: Jan Goossens (Hrsg.): Niederdeutsch: Sprache und Literatur. Karl Wachholtz, 2. Auflage, Neumünster 1983, S. 27; Willy Sanders: Sachsensprache, Hansesprache, Plattdeutsch: sprachgeschichtliche Grundzüge des Niederdeutschen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1982, ISBN 3-525-01213-6, S. 32 f.; Dieter Stellmacher: Niederdeutsche Sprache. 2. Auflage, Weidler, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89693-326-4, S. 92.

[Glottolog-9] Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Heich Franconian". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

[Glottolog2-10] Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Alpine Germanic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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