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List of countries and territories where German is an official language

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There are other political entities (countries as well as dependent entities) which acknowledge other legal statuses for the German language or one of its dialects. While these may cover minority rights, support of certain language facilities (schools, media, etc.), and the promotion of cultural
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While not official at the national level, German is a co-official language in subdivisions of the countries listed below. In each of these regions, German is an official language on the administrative level.
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protection/heritage, they do not encompass the establishment of German as an "official" language, i.e., being required in public offices or administrative texts.
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German (or a German dialect) is a legally recognized minority language (Squares: Geographic distribution too dispersed/small for map scale)
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is the official language of six countries, all of which lie in central and western Europe. These countries (with the addition of
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of 1998, the French government has not yet ratified the treaty, and therefore those varieties have no official legal status.
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While several specific laws, e.g., §23 VwVfG or $ 184 GVG, specify German as the administrative language in Germany, the
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Carolin Zwilling (European Academy Bolzano-Bozen, 2004) - Minority Protection and Language Policy in the Czech Republic
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Approximate distribution of native German speakers (assuming a rounded total of 95 million) worldwide:
560:; Standard German official in 2 municipalities and non-standard German dialects official in 16 others) 2108: 1913: 1209:"IPOL realizará formação de recenseadores para o censo linguístico do município de Antônio Carlos-SC" 1065: 1391: 1160: 331: 2098: 1933: 1928: 880: 867: 327: 1989: 1973: 1794: 361: 1789: 1435:"Charte européenne des langues régionales : Hollande nourrit la guerre contre le français" 971: 56:
German is a co-official language, but not the first language of the majority of the population
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German (or a variety of German) is spoken by a sizable minority, but has no legal recognition
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Council of Europe - List of ratifications of the Charter for regional/minority languages
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Budapest - The national and ethnic minorities in Hungary
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Legal statuses of German in the world (see preceding image for color descriptions)
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All countries and territories where German has some officiality are located in
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German is an official language of the following international institutions:
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Co-official language at federal level; de jure sole official language in 17
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list of the countries and territories where German is an official language
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Die deutsche Minderheit in Dänemark - Sprache – Identität und Schlüssel
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d’Lëtzebuerger Land – Beim Deutschen Bund in Eupen (02. September 2016)
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Die deutsche Sprache in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz
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Countries and territories where German is an official language
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does not specifically mention it as federal official language.
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Countries by the number of recognized official languages
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Countries by the number of recognized official languages
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Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing
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Co-official language on province level; equal to Italian
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
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Letzter Zugriff am 3. Mai 2015 531: 362:De facto nationwide co-official language 28: 952:Union of European Football Associations 842:International Trade Union Confederation 521: 187: 145:with German as a co-official language. 14: 2081: 1226:Lei N.º 14.061, de 23 de julho de 2012 1033: 1735: 1506: 1463: 1357: 33:Legal statuses of German in Europe: 908:International sports associations: 133:). It includes countries that have 24: 1623:Country names in various languages 1219: 610:(national minority language; also 452:Autonomous Province of South Tyrol 25: 2120: 1452:German L1 speakers outside Europe 612:auxiliary language in 31 communes 604:; co-official language 1884–1990) 510:Auxiliary language in 31 communes 972:Distribution of German diasporas 967:German language in the Basic Law 940:Fédération Internationale de Ski 1919:List of Indo-European languages 1715:Languages of the European Union 1445: 1427: 1398: 1351: 1319: 1308: 1282: 1270: 1241: 1230: 1201: 1104:Ammon, Ulrich (November 2014). 816:International Union of Railways 514:also national minority language 2094:German as an official language 1153: 1141: 1130: 1009: 632:Azovo German National District 173:Council for German Orthography 156:German as an official language 13: 1: 2028:Organization of Turkic States 1736: 1507: 1026: 898:4 (English, French, Russian) 859:4 (English, French, Spanish) 846:4 (English, French, Spanish) 727:Number of official languages 137:as (one of) their nationwide 1878:By number of native speakers 946:International Biathlon Union 912:European Handball Federation 736:European Patent Organisation 642:(regional minority language) 622:(national minority language) 592:(national minority language) 582:Bonn-Copenhagen declarations 568:(national minority language) 330:, co-official in 4 cantons ( 7: 1890:By number of total speakers 960: 412:Total speakers: 97,244,378 175:and are referred to as the 10: 2125: 1924:List of Mongolic languages 1137:Census of South Tyrol 2011 1066:Eurobarometer 2012 – Annex 714:International institutions 630:(minority language in the 525: 2104:German diaspora in Europe 2047: 1944: 1903: 1870: 1837: 1746: 1742: 1731: 1608: 1517: 1513: 1502: 918: 544:These countries include: 419:Subdivisions of countries 270:German speaking community 197: 194: 18:German language in Europe 1934:List of Uralic languages 1929:List of Turkic languages 1850:by country and territory 1002: 881:European Investment Bank 101: Switzerland (5.6%) 1990:Three Linguistic Spaces 1974:Commonwealth of Nations 580:, established with the 1358:Ammon, Ulrich (1995). 888:Kirchberg, Luxembourg 576:(minority language in 537: 77: 1895:Languages in censuses 1518:By official languages 1364:. Walter de Gruyter. 762:European Space Agency 535: 143:dependent territories 89: Germany (78.3%) 32: 1966:Dutch Language Union 1610:Endonyms and exonyms 1327:"Deutsch in Namibia" 885:3 (English, French) 872:3 (French, Russian) 833:3 (English, French) 820:3 (English, French) 794:3 (English, French) 766:3 (English, French) 753:3 (English, French) 749:Unified Patent Court 740:3 (English, French) 522:Other legal statuses 487:Silesian Voivodeship 266:Co-official language 95: Austria (8.4%) 1985:(Romance languages) 1862:Number of languages 862:Frankfurt, Germany 790:European Commission 667:" according to the 663:are identified as " 129:(also known as the 125:The following is a 119: Others (4.1%) 107: Brazil (3.2%) 2060:Category:Languages 2055:Lists of languages 2039:(Turkic languages) 2031:(Turkic languages) 1845:Official languages 1148:Polish census 2011 1078:"German, Standard" 997:Language geography 977:Germanic languages 875:Budapest, Hungary 849:Brussels, Belgium 797:Brussels, Belgium 784:Brussels, Belgium 665:regional languages 661:Moselle Franconian 538: 113: Italy (0.4%) 78: 2076: 2075: 2072: 2071: 2068: 2067: 1914:Language families 1727: 1726: 1723: 1722: 1117:978-3-11-019298-8 905: 904: 868:Danube Commission 706:, as well as the 643: 635: 623: 615: 605: 602:national language 593: 585: 569: 561: 558:Rio Grande do Sul 519: 518: 515: 505: 491: 484: 480:Opole Voivodeship 474: 467: 416: 415: 393: 386: 380: 364: 357: 351: 335: 323: 317: 301: 294: 288: 272: 261: 255: 239: 232: 226: 139:official language 75: 66: 57: 48: 16:(Redirected from 2116: 2109:Cultural regions 2040: 2032: 2024: 2014: 1999: 1986: 1978: 1970: 1962: 1744: 1743: 1733: 1732: 1515: 1514: 1504: 1503: 1484: 1477: 1470: 1461: 1460: 1454: 1449: 1443: 1442: 1431: 1425: 1424: 1422: 1421: 1412:. 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Index

German language in Europe

Sprachraum
German
official language
dependent territories
Europe
German
South Tyrol
Italy
Council for German Orthography
Sprachraum
Native
Second
Germany
De facto sole nationwide official language
Belgium
Co-official language
German speaking community
Austria
De jure sole nationwide official language
Switzerland
Co-official language at federal level; de jure sole official language in 17
out of 26
Luxembourg
De facto nationwide co-official language
Liechtenstein
De jure sole nationwide official language
Autonomous Province of South Tyrol
Italy

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