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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:
549:; Standard German official in 2 municipalities and non-standard German dialects official in 16 others) 2097: 1902: 1198:"IPOL realizará formação de recenseadores para o censo linguístico do município de Antônio Carlos-SC" 1054: 1380: 1149: 320: 2087: 1922: 1917: 869: 856: 316: 1978: 1962: 1783: 350: 1778: 1424:"Charte européenne des langues régionales : Hollande nourrit la guerre contre le français" 960: 45:
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
196: 191: 818:European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 1478: 917:Fédération Internationale de Football Association 144: 2069: 1041:List of countries and dependencies by population 883:European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1050: 1048: 796:6 (English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish) 257:, as well as the sole official language in the 1096:Die Stellung der deutschen Sprache in der Welt 1998:Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa 1464: 1092: 1088: 1086: 1084: 1082: 1080: 702: 2025:International Organization of Turkic Culture 1045: 971:Geographical distribution of German speakers 906: 541:(German is a statewide cultural language in 517:Geographical distribution of German speakers 407: 923:Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course 1992:Community of Portuguese Language Countries 1607:Countries and capitals in native languages 1471: 1457: 1077: 226:De facto sole nationwide official language 1059: 1033: 380:De jure sole nationwide official language 288:De jure sole nationwide official language 1268:(German). 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It includes countries that have 13: 1612:Country names in various languages 1208: 599:(national minority language; also 441:Autonomous Province of South Tyrol 14: 2109: 1441:German L1 speakers outside Europe 601:auxiliary language in 31 communes 593:; co-official language 1884–1990) 499:Auxiliary language in 31 communes 961:Distribution of German diasporas 956:German language in the Basic Law 929:Fédération Internationale de Ski 1908:List of Indo-European languages 1704:Languages of the European Union 1434: 1416: 1387: 1340: 1308: 1297: 1271: 1259: 1230: 1219: 1190: 1093:Ammon, Ulrich (November 2014). 805:International Union of Railways 503:also national minority language 2083:German as an official language 1142: 1130: 1119: 998: 621:Azovo German National District 162:Council for German Orthography 145:German as an official language 1: 2017:Organization of Turkic States 1725: 1496: 1015: 887:4 (English, French, Russian) 848:4 (English, French, Spanish) 835:4 (English, French, Spanish) 716:Number of official languages 126:as (one of) their nationwide 1867:By number of native speakers 935:International Biathlon Union 901:European Handball Federation 725:European Patent Organisation 631:(regional minority language) 611:(national minority language) 581:(national minority language) 571:Bonn-Copenhagen declarations 557:(national minority language) 319:, co-official in 4 cantons ( 7: 1879:By number of total speakers 949: 401:Total speakers: 97,244,378 164:and are referred to as the 10: 2114: 1913:List of Mongolic languages 1126:Census of South Tyrol 2011 1055:Eurobarometer 2012 – Annex 703:International institutions 619:(minority language in the 514: 2093:German diaspora in Europe 2036: 1933: 1892: 1859: 1826: 1735: 1731: 1720: 1597: 1506: 1502: 1491: 907: 533:These countries include: 408:Subdivisions of countries 259:German speaking community 186: 183: 1923:List of Uralic languages 1918:List of Turkic languages 1839:by country and territory 991: 870:European Investment Bank 90: Switzerland (5.6%) 1979:Three Linguistic Spaces 1963:Commonwealth of Nations 569:, established with the 1347:Ammon, Ulrich (1995). 877:Kirchberg, Luxembourg 565:(minority language in 526: 66: 1884:Languages in censuses 1507:By official languages 1353:. Walter de Gruyter. 751:European Space Agency 524: 132:dependent territories 78: Germany (78.3%) 21: 1955:Dutch Language Union 1599:Endonyms and exonyms 1316:"Deutsch in Namibia" 874:3 (English, French) 861:3 (French, Russian) 822:3 (English, French) 809:3 (English, French) 783:3 (English, French) 755:3 (English, French) 742:3 (English, French) 738:Unified Patent Court 729:3 (English, French) 511:Other legal statuses 476:Silesian Voivodeship 255:Co-official language 84: Austria (8.4%) 1974:(Romance languages) 1851:Number of languages 851:Frankfurt, Germany 779:European Commission 656:" according to the 652:are identified as " 118:(also known as the 114:The following is a 108: Others (4.1%) 96: Brazil (3.2%) 2049:Category:Languages 2044:Lists of languages 2028:(Turkic languages) 2020:(Turkic languages) 1834:Official languages 1137:Polish census 2011 1067:"German, Standard" 986:Language geography 966:Germanic languages 864:Budapest, Hungary 838:Brussels, Belgium 786:Brussels, Belgium 773:Brussels, Belgium 654:regional languages 650:Moselle Franconian 527: 102: Italy (0.4%) 67: 2065: 2064: 2061: 2060: 2057: 2056: 1903:Language families 1716: 1715: 1712: 1711: 1106:978-3-11-019298-8 894: 893: 857:Danube Commission 695:, as well as the 632: 624: 612: 604: 594: 591:national language 582: 574: 558: 550: 547:Rio Grande do Sul 508: 507: 504: 494: 480: 473: 469:Opole Voivodeship 463: 456: 405: 404: 382: 375: 369: 353: 346: 340: 324: 312: 306: 290: 283: 277: 261: 250: 244: 228: 221: 215: 128:official language 64: 55: 46: 37: 2105: 2098:Cultural regions 2029: 2021: 2013: 2003: 1988: 1975: 1967: 1959: 1951: 1733: 1732: 1722: 1721: 1504: 1503: 1493: 1492: 1473: 1466: 1459: 1450: 1449: 1443: 1438: 1432: 1431: 1420: 1414: 1413: 1411: 1410: 1401:. 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Index


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
Co-official language on province level; equal to Italian

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