Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
73
0
46
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National Language
Germany
Malaysia
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Thailand
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Tamil Language
Origin
6th Century AD
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
954
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed German
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual