German language
Countries (spoken in): |
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and in some border areas, Belgium, Italy and others |
Official status: |
Austria, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, EU |
Total speakers: |
110 million (native), 120 million (non-native) speakers. |
Daraus ergab sich eine nachhaltige Kritik der oberflächlichen Realitätswahrnehmung und Lebensart der meisten Menschen.
German language (нем. Deutsch, Deutsche Sprache) — is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. German is closely related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers and also about 80 million non-native speakers, and Standard German is widely taught in schools, universities, and Goethe Institutes worldwide.
The dialects of German which are or were primarily spoken in colonies or communities founded by German speaking people resemble the dialects of the regions the founders came from.
The history of the language begins with the High German consonant shift during the migration period, separating High German dialects from common West Germanic.
The earliest testimonies of Old High German are from scattered Elder Futhark inscriptions, especially in Alemannic, from the 6th century, the earliest glosses (Abrogans) date to the 8th and the oldest coherent texts (the Hildebrandslied, the Muspilli and the Merseburg Incantations) to the 9th century.
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