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  1. German Language: Opportunities & Resources
    German is a West Germanic language with over 100 million native speakers in Europe and beyond.
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    German is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Western Europe and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also an official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a … See more

    German is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. The Germanic languages… See more

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    The basis of Standard German developed with the Luther Bible and the chancery language spoken by the Saxon court, part of the regional High… See more

    Berlinian, the High German regiolect or dialect of Berlin with Low German substrate
    Missingsch, a… See more

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    Old High German
    The history of the German language begins with the High German consonant shift during the … See more

    As a result of the German diaspora, as well as the popularity of German taught as a foreign language, the geographical distribution ofSee more

    The German dialects are the traditional local varieties of the language; many of them are not mutually intelligible with standard German, and they have… See more

    German is a fusional language with a moderate degree of inflection, with three grammatical genders; as such, there can be a large number … See more

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  3. WebNative name: Deutsch [ˈdɔʏtʃ] Language family: Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, High German. Number of speakers: c. 200 million. Spoken in: Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Lichtenstein. First written: AD …