German leid

German (Deutsch, pronouncit [dɔʏtʃ]) is a Wast Germanic leid, thus relatit tae an clessifee'd alangside Inglis an Dutch. It is ane o the warld's major leids an the maist widely spoken first leid in the European Union. Globally, German is spoken bi aboot 120 million hamespun speakers an aboot 80 million non-hamespun speakers. Standard German is widely lairnt in schuils, varsities an Goethe Institutes warldwide.It is a naitional leid o Germany, Austrick, Liechtenstein, Swizzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium an the European Union.

German
Deutsch
Pronunciation	[dɔʏtʃ]
Native tae	Primarily German-speakin Europe, an aw in the warldwide German-speakin diaspora
Ethnicity	German fowk (historically)
Native speakers	90 million (2010)[1] to 95 million (2014)[2] L2 speakers: 10–15 million (2014)[2][3]
Leid faimily	Indo-European Germanic Wast Germanic Heich German German
Early forms	Auld Heich German Middle Heich German Early New Heich German
Staundart forms	German Staundart German Swiss Staundart German Austrick Staundart German
Writin seestem	Latin (German alphabet) German Braille
Signed forms	Signed German, LBG (Lautsprachbegleitende / Lautbegleitende Gebärden)
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	6 kintras  Austrick  Belgium  Germany  Liechtenstein  Luxembourg   Swisserland 3 dependencies Sooth Tyrol (Italy) 31 gminas in Poland (Opole Voivodeship and Silesia Voivodeship) 9 municipalities in Brazil Several internaitional institutions
Recognised minority leid in	11 kintras (minority/naitional leid)  Czech Republic  Denmark (Syddanmark)  Hungary  Italy (Sooth Tyrol)  Kazakhstan  Namibie  Poland  Romanie  Roushie (Azovo German Naitional Destrict)  Slovakie  Ukraine
Regulatit bi	No offeecial regulation (German orthografie regulatit bi the Cooncil for German Orthografie[4]).
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	de
ISO 639-2	ger (B) deu (T)
ISO 639-3	Variously: deu – German gmh – Middle Heich German goh – Auld Heich German gct – Colonia Tovar German bar – Bavarian cim – Cimbrian geh – Hutterite German ksh – Kölsch nds – Law German[note 1] sli – Lower Silesian ltz – Luxembourgish[note 2] vmf – Mainfränkisch mhn – Mòcheno pfl – Palatinate German pdc – Pennsylvania German pdt – Plautdietsch[note 3] swg – Swabian German gsw – Swiss German uln – Unserdeutsch sxu – Upper Saxon wae – Walser German wep – Westphalian hrx – Riograndenser Hunsrückisch yec – Yenish
Glottolog	high1287  Heich Franconian[6] uppe1397  Upper German[7]
Linguasphere	further information 52-AC (Continental Wast Germanic) > 52-ACB (Deutsch & Dutch) > 52-ACB-d (Central German incl. 52-ACB–dl & -dm Staundart/Generalised Heich German) + 52-ACB-e & -f (Upper German & Swiss German) + 52-ACB-h (émigré German varieties incl. 52-ACB-hc Hutterite German & 52-ACB-he Pennsylvanie German etc.) + 52-ACB-i (Yenish); Totallin 285 varieties: 52-ACB-daa to 52-ACB-i
(Co-)Offeecial an majority leid   Co-offeecial, but not majority leid   Statutory minority/cultural leid   Non-statutory minority leid
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Notes

1. The status o Law German as a German variety or separate leid is subject tae discussion.^[5]
2. The status o Luxembourgish as a German variety or separate leid is subject tae discussion.^[2]
3. The status o Plautdietsch as a German variety or separate leid is subject tae discussion.^[5]