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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
7   
8

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Germany   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for German Orthography   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
hallo   

Thank You
Thank you   
Danke   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Good Night   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
guten Morgen   

Please
Please   
bitte   

Sorry
Sorry   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Bye   
Tschüs   

I Love You
I love you   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
English   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
anglais   
allemand   

German Name
Englisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Germans   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
3   
3
9   
9

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
ger   

ISO 639 3
eng   
deu   

ISO 639 6
engs   
deus   

Glottocode
stan1293   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All English and German Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and German dialects. Various dialects of English and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and German Speaking population

English and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and German languages can be compared. The total count of English and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and German on English vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and German Language Codes

English and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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