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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

337
0 46
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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

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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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages

Derived From

Latin
Albanian Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

219
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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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

225,000,000.004,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Swabian German

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Germany

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00820,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Texas German

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Texas

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.006,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18828
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million229.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %1.39 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million101.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million128.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Deutsch

Alternative Names

English
Deutsch, Tedesco

French Name

anglais
allemand

German Name

Englisch
Deutsch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]

Ethnicity

English people
Germans

History

Origin

5th Century AD
6th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Germanic

Branch

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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

39
1 120
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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

English and German Alphabets

English and German Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and German. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in German Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn English and German languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and German languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs German greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and German are Most Spoken Languages.

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.

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.