Map Of Europe In German Language

Legal statuses of german in europe.

Map of europe in german language. Dots indicate areas where multilingualism is common. Germany 78 3 austria 8 4 switzerland 5 6 italy 0 4 other 7 3 the following is a list of the territorial entities where german is an official language. German was the language of commerce and government in the habsburg empire which encompassed a large area of central and eastern europe. For a complete list of features layers refer to the list in the sidebar.

The german language belongs to the indo european family and is considered a germanic language. The germanic languages make up the predominant language family in western northern and central europe an estimated 210 million europeans are native speakers of germanic languages the largest groups being german c. Distribution of the germanic languages in europe. 24 million swedish c.

95 million english c. Nonetheless every language shown in the map is in some way unique and differs from the other languages significantly in terms of vocabulary morphology and phonology so the languages are not just the standard language pronounced in a different way. Mostly depending on the inclusion or exclusion of certain varieties with a disputed status as separate languages e g low german plautdietsch it is. This article details the geographical distribution of speakers of the german language regardless of the legislative status within the countries where it is spoken in addition to the german speaking area german.

It is the second most widely spoken germanic language after english and has between 90 and 95 million native language speakers and between 10 and 15 million second language speakers. Until the mid 19th century it was essentially the language of townspeople throughout most of the empire. Geographic distribution too dispersed small for map scale german or a variety of german is spoken by a sizable minority but has no legal recognition. 10 million danish c.

The germanic languages are a branch of the indo european language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in europe north america oceania and southern africa the most widely spoken germanic language english is the world s most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers all germanic languages are derived from proto germanic spoken in iron age scandinavia. The west germanic languages include the three most widely spoken germanic. Some cities such as prague german. Its use indicated that the speaker was a merchant or someone from an urban area regardless of nationality.

The only known. Our pdf maps are also 100 editable in illustrator 10 and higher allowing you to select and edit any object on the map such as state county country boundaries road lines map symbols text etc. It includes countries which have. At the same time 515 million speak a germanic language natively in the whole world 6 87.

This is a common misconception caused by the fact that local languages are often minority languages in areas where the majority of speakers speak a variety of the standard language. Prag and budapest. The majority of these individuals live in germany 78 3 followed by austria 8 4 switzerland 5 6 other countries 7 3 and italy 4. West germanic languages german low german dutch frisian english scots.

1 50 of 209 refined by. Germanic speaking europe refers to the area of europe that today uses a germanic language. It is the official language of 6 sovereign nations and of 6. West germanic and north germanic a third group east germanic is now extinct.

70 million dutch c. Ethnolinguistic map of austria hungary 1910 with german speaking areas shown in red. Approximate distribution of native german speakers assuming a rounded total of 95 million worldwide. There are two extant major sub divisions.

6 million and norwegian c. Over 200 million europeans some 30 speak a germanic language natively. Search maps collections with maps results.