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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
-  
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
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  
10

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  
4
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
820,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
6,000.00  
99+

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 %  
13

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
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
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
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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