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German
Deutsch
Pronunciation	[dɔʏtʃ]
Spoken in	Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy (Province of Bolzano-Bozen) Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Denmark, Belgium
Region	German-speaking Europe, German diaspora worldwide
Total speakers	Native speakers: ca. 105 million[1][2] Non-native speakers: ca. 80 million[1]
Ranking	10
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German German
Writing system	Latin alphabet (German variant)
Official status
Official language in	Austria Belgium Province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy Germany Liechtenstein Luxembourg Switzerland European Union (official and working language) Further official standings in: Krahule/Blaufuß, Slovakia (Official municipal language)[3] Namibia (National language; official language 1984–90)[4] Poland (Auxiliary language in 17 municipalities in Opole Voivodeship)[5] Vatican City (Administrative and commanding language of the Swiss Guard)[6] Recognised minority language in: Czech Republic[7] Denmark[8] Hungary[9] Namibia[10] Romania[11] Slovakia,[1][3] Poland
Regulated by	Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung
Language codes
ISO 639-1	de
ISO 639-2	ger (B)	deu (T)
ISO 639-3	variously: deu – New High 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 ltz – Luxembourgish 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
Nations where German is spoken. Official language Widely spoken and understood Spoken in a regional level
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From Wikipedia.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language