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German is a recognised minority language in Czechia, Hungary, Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol), [14] Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovakia. Today German, together with French, is a common second foreign language in the western world, with English well established as a first foreign language.
The following is a list of the countries and territories where German is an official language (also known as the Germanosphere). It includes countries that have German as (one of) their nationwide official language (s), as well as dependent territories with German as a co-official language.
Many cities in Europe have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Below are listed the known different names for cities that are geographically or historically and culturally in Europe, as well as some smaller towns that are important because of their location or history.
Pages in category "Countries and territories where German is an official language" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect . For example, Arabic is sometimes considered a single language centred on Modern Standard Arabic , other authors consider its mutually unintelligible varieties separate languages. [ 1 ]
The city of Toronto is one of the most multilingual cities in the world. [88] It is the home to over a dozen daily media outlets of different languages, including the Italian daily Corriere Canadese [89] and the Chinese daily Sing Tao. [90] Greenland: Greenlandic is the official language.
German is also widely taught as a foreign language, especially in continental Europe (where it is the third most taught foreign language after English and French), and in the United States. Overall, German is the fourth most commonly learned second language, [ 11 ] and the third most commonly learned second language in the United States in K-12 ...
This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part of the state, or that have status as a national language , regional language , or minority language .