Outline of German language

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to German language:

One of the major languages of the world, German is the first language of almost 100 million people worldwide and the most widely spoken native language in the European Union.[1] Together with French, German is the second most commonly spoken foreign language in the EU after English, making it the second biggest language in the EU in terms of overall speakers.[2]

What type of thing is German language?[]

German language can be described as all of the following:

  • Language family
    • Indo-European languages
      • Proto-Germanic language
        • Germanic languages
          • West Germanic languages
            • High German languages
              • German language

Dialects of German language[]

Distribution of German language[]

  • List of territorial entities where German is an official language
  • Geographical distribution of German speakers

History of German language[]

  • History of German
    • Old High German
    • Middle High German
    • Early New High German
      • Low German
      • Old Saxon
      • Middle Low German
        • Standard German
        • Duden
        • German orthography reform of 1996

General German language concepts[]

German language dictionaries[]

German-language encyclopedias[]

German words and phrases[]

People influential in German language[]

Linguists[]

  • Johann Christoph Adelung
  • George Oliver Curme
  • Johann Christoph Gottsched
  • Jacob Grimm
  • Simon Heinrich Adolf Herling
  • Wilhelm Theodor Schiefler
  • Justus Georg Schottelius
  • Kaspar von Stieler
  • Harald Weinrich

German-language schools[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "German 'should be a working language of EU', says Merkel's party". The Daily Telegraph. 18 June 2013.
  2. ^ Europeans and their Languages Archived 6 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Data for EU27, published in 2012.

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