Country
Languages of Germany
The Linguasphere Register records 16 entries for Germany, spread across 2 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
16Register entries
2Sectors present
5Zones
4Language entries
Register entries recorded in Germany
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
42= | CAUCASUS | Zone | Covers the Caucasus reference area, including the "Caucasian"-N. grouping (sets 42-A & 42-B). |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52-AAA-cb | riks-dansk | Inner | riksdansk, "formal" dansk, "formal danish". riks-dansk =«danish of the kingdom». |
52-AC | FRYSK + DEUTSCH | Chain | CONTINENTAL-WEST-GERMANIC, "frisian" + "teutonic". for note on the term "teutonic" see [52] Deutsch + Nederlands below. … |
52-ACA-dba | öömrang | Variety | Oomram, Amrum island |
52-ACB | DEUTSCH + NEDERLANDS | Net | GERMAN + DUTCH, deutsch + "dutch", ’teutonic’. The modern spoken and recorded idioms of this net are classified below … |
52-ACB-c | Deutsch-N | Outer | Low-German, nord-deutsch, niederdeutsch, plattdeutsch, "german"-N., in [52] Nederlands: nederduits, in [51] Français … |
52-ACB-ca | mittel-niederdeutsch | Inner | Hamburg; Bremen; Lübeck… (with usage closest to Lübeck, cf.modern Lübeckisch) |
52-ACB-cgi | flämingisch | Variety | Berlin>S.& SW., including Fläming hills: Jüterbog… Wittenberg… Zerbst |
52-ACB-da | ripwarisch | Inner | ripuarian, ripuarisch, ripuarisch-fränkisch, mittel-fränkisch, kölsch, in [51] Français: francique central, francique … |
52-ACB-eka | freiburgerisch | Variety | Breisgau country |
52-ACB-fcb | freiburg-N | Variety | Freiburg, Fribourg |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
53= | SLAVIC | Zone | Covers the "Slavonic" or Slovenčina + Slovensko set, part of the "Balto-Slavic" grouping within the "Indo-European … |
58= | IRANIC | Zone | Covers the "Iranian" or Farsi + Pashto set, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the "Indo-European … |
59= | INDIC | Zone | Covers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the … |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.