German is one of the important languages. German countries are the countries where German is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. German countries are the countries where German is main language. In German countries, all the official documents are written in German language. In German speaking countries, various German Dialects are spoken. Each German dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different German speaking countries. Check out detailed information About German Language.
German speaking countries include both countries with German national language and German as a second language. Check if German language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.
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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.
The German countries mentioned under German Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak German language.
Countries with German as minority language are also included in German speaking countries.
Along with German speaking countries check out German speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.
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Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate German language are German regulators. German is regulated by Council for German Orthography. The regulatory bodies of German lie in German speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of German:
The German language is derived from Albanian Languages and is closely related to Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages.