What is Languages Of Germany?

Information about Languages Of Germany

Languages of Germany
Official languageGerman >90%
Officially recognised minority languagesDanish, Upper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian, North Frisian, Saterland Frisian, Romany, Low German
Unofficial indigenous languages/dialectsAlemanic
Main immigrant languageTurkish
Main foreign languagesEnglish 56%, French 15%Source: [1]


The official language of Germany is German, with over 95% of the country speaking it as their first language. [1] Minority languages include: Many Germans also learn English, French, Italian, Russian, Dutch, or other languages in schools (often depending on geographical location).

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Languages of Europe
Sovereign statesAlbania Andorra Armenia1 Austria Azerbaijan2 Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus1 Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia2 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan2 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Republic of Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia3 San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey3 Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City
Dependencies,
autonomies, and
other territories		Abkhazia2 Adjara1 Akrotiri and Dhekelia land Azores Basque CountryCataloniaCrimea Faroe Islands Gagauzia Gibraltar Guernsey Jan Mayen Jersey Kosovo Man, Isle of Madeira4 Nagorno-Karabakh1 Nakhchivan1 Northern IrelandScotland South Ossetia2 Svalbard Transnistria Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus1, 5 Wales
1 Entirely in West Asia; included here because of cultural, political and historical association with Europe. 2 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the border between Europe and Asia. 3 Partially in Asia. 4 Entirely in the African Plate, included here because of cultural, political and historical association with Europe. 5 Only recognised by Turkey.
German language (Deutsch, ] (help info ) ) is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
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Danish 
Official status
Official language of:  Denmark
 Greenland
 Faroe Islands
 European Union
Nordic Council
Regulated by: Dansk Sprognævn ("Danish Language Committee")
Language codes
ISO 639-1: da
ISO 639-2:
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Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbsce) is a minority language spoken in Germany in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, today part of Saxony. A West Slavic language, it strongly resembles Czech.
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Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbski)) is a Slavic minority language spoken in eastern Germany in the historical province of Lower Lusatia, today part of Brandenburg.
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North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. There are two main dialectal divisions, between those dialects of the mainland, and the insular dialects.
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Saterland Frisian, also known as Sater Frisian or Saterlandic (Seeltersk), is the last living dialect of the East Frisian language. It is closely related to the other Frisian languages, North Frisian, which, like Saterland Frisian is spoken in Germany, and West
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Romani or Romany (native name: rromani ćhib) is the language of the Roma and Sinti. The Indo-Aryan Romani language should not be confused with either Romanian (spoken by Romanians), or Romansh (spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland), both of which
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Low German (also called Niederdeutsch, Plattdeutsch or Plattdüütsch) is a name for the regional language varieties of the West Germanic languages spoken mainly in Northern Germany where it is officially called Niederdeutsch
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Switzerland: entire German-speaking part.
Germany: most of Baden-Württemberg and Bavarian Swabia.
Austria: Vorarlberg.
Liechtenstein: entire country.
France: Alsace.
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Turkish (Türkçe, ] (help info )
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English 
Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng  
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French (français, pronounced [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a Romance language originally spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, and today by about 300 million people around the world as either
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An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. It is typically the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, though the law in many nations requires that government documents be produced in other
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Anthem
"Das Lied der Deutschen" (third stanza)
also called "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"
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German language (Deutsch, ] (help info ) ) is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
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Turkish (Türkçe, ] (help info )
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Sorbian languages are classified under the West Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. They are the native languages of the Sorbs, a Slavic minority in eastern Germany. Historically the language has also been known as Wendish or Lusatian.
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Romani or Romany (native name: rromani ćhib) is the language of the Roma and Sinti. The Indo-Aryan Romani language should not be confused with either Romanian (spoken by Romanians), or Romansh (spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland), both of which
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Danish 
Official status
Official language of:  Denmark
 Greenland
 Faroe Islands
 European Union
Nordic Council
Regulated by: Dansk Sprognævn ("Danish Language Committee")
Language codes
ISO 639-1: da
ISO 639-2:
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Kurdish 
Writing system: Kurdish alphabet (modified Arabic alphabet in Iraq and Iran, modified Latin alphabet in Turkey and Syria, modified Cyrillic in the former USSR) 
Official status
Official language of: Iraq
Kurdish Autonomous Region
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North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. There are two main dialectal divisions, between those dialects of the mainland, and the insular dialects.
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The Germanic languages in Europe      Dutch (West Germanic)
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country, state, and nation can have various meanings. Therefore, diverse lists of these entities are possible. Wikipedia offers the following lists:

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The Republic of Albania or Republika Shqiperise has a population of 3.6 million and has 7 languages.

Native Name= Republika Shqiperise
Population= 3,600,523
Languages= 7
Situation= all living

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The three main languages of the Principality of Andorra are Catalan, Spanish, and French.

Although Catalan, a Western Romance language somewhat close to Spanish and quite similar to Occitan is the only official language in Andorra and has traditionally been the national
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Armenian is the official language of Armenia, and is spoken by 97.7% of the nationwide population. The non-official languages chiefly spoken in Armenia are Yezidi and Russian.

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The Languages of Austria include German, the official and most widely spoken language, and several minority languages.

German

German is the only nationally official language, and the language spoken by the largest preportion of Austrians.
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Many different languages have dominated in the territory currently called Azerbaijan.

Present-day

Currently, the main language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani,In the Azerbaijani language speak 96,6 % the population ,while English and Russian play significant roles as languages of
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The Kingdom of Belgium has three official languages, which are, in order from the greatest speaker population to the smallest, Dutch, French, and German. A number of non-official, minority languages are spoken as well.
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The Kingdom of Denmark has only one official language, Danish, the national language of the Danish people, but there are several minority languages spoken through the territory. These include German, Faroese, and Greenlandic.
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