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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

4= EURASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN

Register entries recorded in Germany

CodeEntryLevelNote
42=CAUCASUSZoneCovers the Caucasus reference area, including the "Caucasian"-N. grouping (sets 42-A & 42-B).
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52-AAA-cbriks-danskInnerriksdansk, "formal" dansk, "formal danish". riks-dansk =«danish of the kingdom».
52-ACFRYSK + DEUTSCHChainCONTINENTAL-WEST-GERMANIC, "frisian" + "teutonic". for note on the term "teutonic" see [52] Deutsch + Nederlands below. …
52-ACA-dbaöömrangVarietyOomram, Amrum island
52-ACBDEUTSCH + NEDERLANDSNetGERMAN + DUTCH, deutsch + "dutch", ’teutonic’. The modern spoken and recorded idioms of this net are classified below …
52-ACB-cDeutsch-NOuterLow-German, nord-deutsch, niederdeutsch, plattdeutsch, "german"-N., in [52] Nederlands: nederduits, in [51] Français …
52-ACB-camittel-niederdeutschInnerHamburg; Bremen; Lübeck… (with usage closest to Lübeck, cf.modern Lübeckisch)
52-ACB-cgiflämingischVarietyBerlin>S.& SW., including Fläming hills: Jüterbog… Wittenberg… Zerbst
52-ACB-daripwarischInnerripuarian, ripuarisch, ripuarisch-fränkisch, mittel-fränkisch, kölsch, in [51] Français: francique central, francique …
52-ACB-ekafreiburgerischVarietyBreisgau country
52-ACB-fcbfreiburg-NVarietyFreiburg, Fribourg
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
53=SLAVICZoneCovers the "Slavonic" or Slovenčina + Slovensko set, part of the "Balto-Slavic" grouping within the "Indo-European …
58=IRANICZoneCovers the "Iranian" or Farsi + Pashto set, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the "Indo-European …
59=INDICZoneCovers 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.