418:. In terms of student numbers across all levels of education, German ranks third in the EU (after English and French) as well as in the United States (after Spanish and French). In 2015, approximately 15.4 million people were in the process of learning German across all levels of education worldwide. This number has remained relatively stable since 2005 (± 1 million) and roughly 75–100 million people able to communicate in German as a foreign language can be inferred, assuming an average course duration of three years and other estimated parameters. According to a 2012 survey, ca. 47 million people within the EU (i.e., up to two thirds of the 75–100 million worldwide) claimed to have sufficient German skills to have a conversation. Within the EU, and not counting countries where it is a (co-)official language, German as a foreign language is most widely taught in
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between 1882 and 1914 and consisted mainly of industrial and agricultural workers, mainly from eastern
Germany; the third wave (after 1918) settled mainly in the cities. As in Argentina and Brazil, these populations are today overwhelmingly Spanish speaking, and German as a home language is in heavy decline (The German language is far from disappearing in Chile because there are more than 100 German-language schools throughout the country) German is taught from preschool to middle school; where if German-Chileans can still speak German, most of them speak German only as a second or third language.
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1514:. Its speakers belong to some Schmiedleit, Lehrerleit, and Dariusleit Hutterite groups, but there are also speakers among the older generations of Prairieleit (the descendants of those Hutterites who chose not to settle in colonies). Hutterite children who grow up in the colonies learn to speak Hutterite German before learning English, the standard language of the surrounding areas, in school. Many of these children, though, continue with German Grammar School, in addition to public school, throughout a student's elementary education.
491:
824:– as well as elsewhere around the world – experienced a decline in the use of the German language, with the exception of Brazil, where the dialect Riograndenser Hunsrückisch is being taught in schools and in some media, totaling over 200 thousand speakers spread over the Brazilian southern states. The main cause of this decrease is the integration of communities, often originally sheltered, into the dominant society, and as well as the invariable pull of societal assimilation which confronts all immigrant groups.
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863:: the majority of countries where German minorities lived had fought against the Germans during the war. With this change in situation, the members of the German minorities, previously communities of status and prestige, were turned into undesirable minorities (though there were widespread elements of sympathy for Germany in many South American countries as well).
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757:) from 1906 puts a figure of 11 million people in North and South America with a knowledge of the German language, of which 9 million were in the US. Although the US was the focal point for emigration in the 19th century, emigration to Latin America was also significant for differing economic and political reasons.
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Due to pro-nationalistic propagation by the federal government which encouraged mixed-race identification, many
Mexicans do not know their ancestral origins and demographic numbers of German Mexicans are sourced on recent and limited data. Regardless, Mexico stands as the 3rd country with the largest
1057:
Germans came to South
America in World War I and II, settling first in Colombia because of its wealth in natural resources as well as weather conditions conducive to agriculture. German immigrants built the Bavaria, Pilsen, and Club Soda Klausen factories in Cali, Barranquilla, Pereira, Medellin, and
928:
There are about 500,000 German speakers and around 320,000 Volga-Germans alone, of which 200,000 hold German citizenship. This makes
Argentina one of the countries with the largest number of German speakers and is second only in Latin America to Brazil. In the 1930s there were about 700,000 people of
764:
Starting in 1818, when King D. João VI brought the first German and Swiss immigrants to Brazil, German immigration continued a constant flow with an average of 25 to 30 thousand immigrants per decade entering the country since 1818. It peaked in the years following World War I, to around 90 thousand,
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Costa Rica has a population of 4.9 million, and a German-speaking population of 8,000 people. Many of these people are immigrants or native German speakers from
Germany or Switzerland and descendants of 18th, 19th and 20th-century mass immigration. But also in the northern area of the country, there
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Chile (with a population of 19 million) has an estimated 40,000 German-speakers. About 30,000 ethnic
Germans arrived in Chile. During the first flux of German immigration (between 1846 and 1875) German colonies were primarily set up in the "Frontera" region. The second wave of immigration occurred
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However, most German-descended
Argentinians do not speak German with native fluency (that role has been taken by Spanish). The 300,000 German speakers are estimated to be immigrants and not actually born in Argentina, and because of this they still speak their home language while their descendants
1053:
Colombia has a population of about 51 million people. Of them, only 5,000 people of German descent speak the language. Many of these people settled in
Antioquia and el Eje Cafetero. Most of the immigration occurred during World War I until the end of the Cold War. Many of these ethnic Germans now
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As of 2012, about 20,000 Germans nationals resided in Mexico. The number has risen to almost 40,000 in 2020. Despite groggy heritage claims to the language, German is slightly ahead of French as the second most studied foreign language in Mexico, behind only
English. Mexico is home to over 3,000
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Mexico (with a population of over 120 million) has an estimated 200,000 speakers of standard German either as a first or second language, not counting foreign learned German speakers or the Low-German dialects. Documented immigration of
Germans to Mexico began in 1856, though historical research
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and colonialism, and decided for English to be the sole official language, claiming that it was a "neutral" language as virtually no English native speakers existed in Namibia at that time. German, Afrikaans and several indigenous languages became "national languages" by law, identifying them as
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The second wave was during Porfirio Díaz's open settlement policy in the Yucatán Peninsula that favored and attracted many Europeans. Most German-speaking or self identifying German-Mexicans today are descended from these two events as well as around 20,000 ethnic Germans from Russia and around
827:
German migration to colonial Mexico is less accounted for due to the geopolitical isolation following independence from Spain, as well as the deterrents of Mexico's ensuing civil wars. Despite these obstacles and lack of documentation, however, over 200,000 Prussian/German nationals have been
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Initially, in the eighteenth century, only isolated or small groups of German emigrants left for Latin America; however, at the start of the nineteenth, this pattern was reversed as a tidal wave of German emigration totaling some 200,000 people began. These included groups such as land-hungry
1652:), groups that have been greatly "folklorised" and almost completely linguistically assimilated, such as most people of German descent in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the United States, and others, such as the true linguistic minorities (like the still German-speaking minorities in
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The vast majority of German-descended Brazilians speak Portuguese as their mother tongue today. German is known only as a second or third language, if at all, to the point of initiatives to preserve the language being started recently in areas with strong German-descended presence, with
906:, respectively. Most of the German immigrants that arrived in Brazil and Mexico went on to live in small inland communities. The original 58 German communities of the early 19th century Brazil, grew today to over 250 towns where Germans are a majority, and German-speaking is encouraged.
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The majority of German emigrants to Latin America went especially to Brazil, but also to Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. The three countries with the biggest ethnic German populations in Latin America to this day are Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico.
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Alma Durán-Merk (2008a). Nur deutsche Elite für Yukatan? Neue Ergebnisse zur Migrationsforschung während des Zweiten mexikanischen Kaiserreiches. Only "Selected" German Immigrants in Yucatán? Recent Findings about the Colonization Policy of the Second Mexican Empire. In: OPUS Augsburg,
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Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Paraguay show some clear demographic differences that affect the minority situation of the German language: Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina are massive countries and offer large amounts of land for immigrants to settle. The population density of the
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Specific reasons for language change from German to the national language usually derive from the desire of many Germans to belong to their new communities after the end of World War II. This is a common feature among the German minorities in Latin America and those in
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government-sponsored Gemeindeschulen. This is especially true for younger German-Brazilians. Another place where the German language continues alive is in some of the more of 4,000 Brazilian Lutheran churches, in which some of the services continue to be in German.
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from Central Europe, the vast majority of which were German-speaking, moved to South America, with 90% of these moving to the Cono Sur or Southern Cone. This ended when the ban on emigration came into effect in 1941, which was roughly also the beginning of the
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Australia has an estimated population of around 75,600 German speakers. Australians of German ancestry constitute the fourth largest ethnic group in Australia, numbering around 1,026,138. German immigrants played a significant role in settling the states of
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This German-Costa Rican community is one of the most important and biggest collectivities of German speakers in Central America and the Caribbean, and has a lot of cultural and social institutions, churches, farms, business companies and schools.
1001:. Although Riograndenser Hunsrückisch has long been the most widely spoken German dialect in southern Brazil, like all other minority languages in the region, it is experiencing very strong decline – especially in the last three or four decades.
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cultural heritages of the nation and ensuring the state to acknowledge and support their presence in the country. Today, German is used in myriad spheres, especially business and tourism, as well as churches (most notably the German-speaking
627:. Furthermore, German was often a language taught as a foreign language in White South African schools during the Apartheid years (1948–1994). Today, the South African constitution identifies German as a "commonly used" language and the
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The dialects of German which are or were primarily spoken in colonies or communities founded by German-speaking people resemble the dialects of the regions the founders came from. For example, Hutterite German resembles dialects of
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5502:
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German language schools, second only to Brazil. The Colegio Humboldt campuses in Mexico are the biggest German language K-12 schools in the Americas, with each of the 3 branches graduating over 2,000 students per year.
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5387:
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163:, where it is used both as an official language and as a minority language in various countries. To cover this language area, they are often referred to as the German-speaking countries, the German-speaking area (
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For many German minorities, World War II thus represented the breaking point in the development of their language. In some South American countries the war period and immediately afterwards was a time of massive
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Between 1843 and 1910, more than 5 million Germans emigrated overseas, mostly to the United States. German remained an important language in churches, schools, newspapers, and even the administration of the
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countries is relatively low (Brazil has 17 inhabitants/km, Chile has 15/km, Argentina and Paraguay both have 10/km, data from 1993), but there are major differences in the areas settled by Germans:
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1289:. Over the course of the 20th century, many of the descendants of 18th century and 19th century immigrants ceased speaking German at home, but small populations of speakers are still found in
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other cities. Nowadays, Germans born in Colombia celebrate Oktoberfest in Cali, along with other traditions. There are currently German schools in various major cities around the country.
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from 1884 to 1915. Mostly originating from Germans who settled there during this time, 25,000 to 30,000 people still speak German as a native tongue today. German, along with English and
843:(1864–1867). Villa Carlota attracted a total of 443 German-speaking immigrant families, most of them were farmers and artisans who emigrated with their families: the majority came from
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are the only states where German is the most common language spoken at home after English. German geographical names can be found throughout the Midwest region of the country, such as
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German is the main language of approximately 95 to 100 million people in Europe, or 13.3% of all Europeans. This makes it the second most spoken native language in Europe, behind only
5160:
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475:
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and again in the 1940s to around 50,000. In the 1880s and 1890s, German emigration to Latin America grew and in some years was the destination of up to 30% of German emigrants.
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Mostly depending on the inclusion or exclusion of certain varieties with a disputed status as separate languages or which were later acknowledged as separate languages (e.g.,
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Mostly originating from different waves of immigration during the 19th and 20th centuries, an estimated 12,000 people speak German or a German variety as a first language in
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The first wave of Germans immigrated from northern Prussia under the reign of Princess Carlota during the 2nd French Mexican empire. Of special interest is the settlement
1330:
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well established as a first foreign language. German ranks second (after English) among the best known foreign languages in the EU (on a par with French) as well as in
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immigrants managed to preserve a fluency in the German language in their respective neighborhoods and sections. In the first half of the 20th century, over a million
4302:
623:. German is slowly disappearing elsewhere, but a number of communities still have a large number of speakers and some even have German language schools, such as the
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or Hungary and Romania); other groups, which are classified as religio-cultural groups rather than ethnic minorities, such as the Eastern-Low German-speaking
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978:, there are some twelve million people of German ancestry in Brazil. Nevertheless, the number of people speaking any sort of German (Standard German,
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While Argentina and Chile have a far greater proportion of city dwellers (86% and 84% respectively); in contrast, Brazil and Paraguay are 82% and 47%
4849:
1684:, and the groups who maintain their status thanks to strong identification with their ethnicity and their religious sentiment, such as the groups in
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Among them are small groups, such as those in Namibia, and many very large groups, such as the almost 1 million non-evacuated Germans in Russia and
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variety of the German language, which is spoken by Hutterite communities in Canada and the United States. Hutterite is spoken in the U.S. states of
563:
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Alma Durán-Merk (2007). Identifying Villa Carlota: German Settlements in Yucatán, México, During the Second Empire. Augsburg: Universität Augsburg.
465:, which works to promote German language and culture worldwide. In association with the Goethe Institute, the German foreign broadcasting service,
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469:, offers a range of online German courses and worldwide television as well as radio broadcasts produced with non-native German speakers in mind.
312:, which standard German arguably is in relation to some outlying dialects of German, especially in Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, and Austria.
1637:, their status within the majority community, the support they receive from institutions helping them to support their identity as a minority.
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1633:. These German minorities, through their ethno-cultural vitality, exhibit an exceptional level of heterogeneity: variations concerning their
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5097:. American FactFinder, factfinder.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau, 2012–2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. 2017. Archived from
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suggest as many as 1.2 million German speaking immigrants arrived in Mexico during the colonial period likely as agricultural laborers.
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which is found in the southern states. This version of German there has changed over 180 years of contact with Portuguese as well as the
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3785:. de Gruyter Studienbuch (in German). Vol. Band III: 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Berlin; New York: de Gruyter. pp. 192–194, 196.
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including the Presidents of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and the Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein. Since 2014, the King of
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fleeing religious persecution at home. During the 1880s, during the wave of mass emigration, this figure was reached annually.
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172:), or equivalently German-speaking Europe (non-European German-speaking communities are not commonly included in the concept).
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are 2,200 German Mennonites in communities in Sarapiquí and San Carlos that spoke Plautdietsch and other Low German dialects.
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1163:, which was at one point named Berlin. German immigrants were instrumental in the country's three largest urban areas:
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1147:, there are 622,650 speakers of German according to the most recent census in 2006, with people of German ancestry (
524:
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997:. Such contact has led to a new dialect of German concentrated in the German colonies in the southern province of
3847:
3712:"www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Reisen und Termine / Treffen deutschsprachiger Staatsoberhäupter"
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5208:"U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration – Language Use in the United States: 2007"
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region and elsewhere. Here, one of the largest communities are the speakers of "Nataler Deutsch", a variety of
538:
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and continue to practice speaking their heritage language. Early twentieth century immigration was often to
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are today overwhelmingly English speaking, with the German language as a home language in heavy decline.
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Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2013
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http://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/volltexte/2008/1320/pdf/Duran_Merk_Selected_German_Migration.pdf
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Approximate distribution of native German speakers (assuming a rounded total of 95 million) worldwide:
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is also one of the three biggest newspapers in Namibia and the only German-language daily in Africa.
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Sum of Standard German, Swiss German, and all German dialects not listed under "Standard German" at
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351:
211:
40:, regardless of the legislative status within the countries where it is spoken. In addition to the
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Below is a list of countries and one notable region with German-language-speaking populations.
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in 1990. At this point, the Namibian government perceived Afrikaans and German as symbols for
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Regional Geography – An Overview of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
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153: Others (non-German speaking countries in Europe and non-European countries) (7.3%)
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used to be a co-official language of Namibia from 1984 until its independence from
308:"Dach" is also the German word for "roof", and is used in linguistics in the term
79:), it is estimated that approximately 90–95 million people speak German as a
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4065:(in German). Supplement of the Allgemeine Zeitung. 18 August 2007. Archived from
986:) is on the decrease, with 3 million speaking German as a first language today.
91:. This would imply approximately 175–220 million German speakers worldwide.
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4137:. United States of America: The University Press of Kentucky. 2008. p. 35.
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this was reduced to 25%. However, after the war over 50% of Jews lived in
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German descent. Regional concentrations can be found in the provinces of
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202:(65%, 4.6 million), also known as the "D-A-CH" countries, an acronym for
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German language studying in the world in 2005 (with evolution from 2000)
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German language studying in the world in 2010 (with evolution from 2005)
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Hitler's Man in Havana: Heinz Luning and Nazi Espionage in Latin America
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immigrating from Northern Europe. Later on, more Germans settled in the
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257:
237:
222:
124:
114:
5157:
Landesinstitut für Statistik ASTAT – Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol
4535:; the 1990 census gives 57.9 million, or 23.3% of the U.S. population.
3399:
List of countries and territories where German is an official language
3359:
List of countries and territories where German is an official language
2844:
Table includes varieties with disputed statuses as separate language.
4750:
3190:
3102:
3058:
2992:
2970:
2926:
2805:
2579:
2437:
2413:
2365:
2173:
2053:
2029:
1909:
1837:
1789:
1697:
1669:
1665:
1645:
1618:
1606:
1598:
1586:
1362:
1322:
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is an integral part of the State's historical and cultural heritage.
942:
876:
711:
683:
675:
660:
505:
455:
443:
415:
396:
388:
324:
160:
61:
5003:"Население наиболее многочисленных национальностей по родному языку"
1118:
which was part of France since the end of WWI, as well as that from
342:
IIIA project, which focuses on crossborder cooperation in planning.
233:
3469:
Karl Wachholtz, 2. Auflage, Neumünster 1983, S. 27; Willy Sanders:
1261:
in Texas; Corn (formerly Korn), Kiefer and Berlin in Oklahoma; and
3815:
A Land on the Threshold. South Tyrolean Transformations, 1915–2015
3014:
2755:
2555:
2533:
1610:
1557:, resulting in a sharp decline in the use of German in Australia.
1465:
1456:
communities, and is spoken by more than 200,000 people in Mexico.
1411:
1346:
1294:
1285:
through the early 20th century, but was severely repressed during
962:
687:
643:
528:
380:
332:
3884:[Knowledge of foreign languages in Russia] (in Russian).
1159:(230,330). There is a large and vibrant community in the city of
410:, is a common second foreign language in the western world, with
327:" in German) with the inclusion of the German-speaking region of
4222:"O alemão lusitano do Sul do Brasil – Cultura – DW – 20.04.2004"
1378:
1370:
773:
723:
5269:
3783:
Deutsche Sprachgeschichte vom Spätmittelalter bis zur Gegenwart
603:. Germans settled quite extensively in South Africa, with many
5193:
4943:"2018 Census totals by topic – national highlights | Stats NZ"
4904:"N° 17 La langue principale, celle que l'on maîtrise le mieux"
3522:
Ammon, Ulrich – Die Stellung der deutschen Sprache in der Welt
4547:
Documentary History of the United States Brewers' Association
3915:"Foreign language learning statistics – Statistics Explained"
1468:
population of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, and resembles
68:
are present in many other countries and on all six inhabited
4192:"Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe"
1249:(named after a town near Odesa in Ukraine) in North Dakota;
581:
produces radio programs in German), and music (e.g., artist
38:
geographical distribution of speakers of the German language
190:
The European countries with German-speaking majorities are
4684:"Special Eurobarometer 386: Europeans And Their Languages"
3602:"Special Eurobarometer 386: Europeans and their languages"
2840:(according to Ethnologue 2016 unless referenced otherwise)
1008:
The German language is co-official in the municipality of
219:
meeting of the heads of state of German-speaking countries
4649:"Bevölkerung nach Umgangssprache und Staatsangehörigkeit"
4343:
Handwörterbuch des politischen Systems der Bundesrepublik
3756:
1432:
is a dialect spoken in the areas of Texas settled by the
3607:(report). European Commission. June 2012. Archived from
828:
registered entering the country between 1860 and 1960.
781:. From the start of the 20th century until 1946, 80% of
483:
German language skills of European Union citizens (2010)
4623:"Population by language, sex and urban/rural residence"
895:, has a far higher population density than that of the
666:
Nowadays, at least one million German speakers live in
533:
Examples of German language in Namibia's everyday life
4054:
4052:
4050:
4029:
3945:"Foreign Language Enrollments in K–12 Public Schools"
3573:] (in German). Berlin: Inform-Verlag. p. 7.
4314:
Plenário aprova em segundo turno a PEC do patrimônio
3414:
Population data by Eurostat, using the source year.
949:
who were born in Argentina speak primarily Spanish.
5546:
5518:
5478:
5424:
5370:
5323:
5314:
3565:Marten, Thomas; Sauer, Fritz Joachim, eds. (2005).
3547:
3545:
1436:, such as New Braunfels and Fredericksburg. In the
1183:made the language Canada's third most spoken after
1012:, besides being cultural patrimony of the State of
631:is obligated to promote and ensure respect for it.
5245:German language in the world in 2012 (full report)
4972:"Household results of the 2012 Census of Paraguay"
3842:
3840:
3838:
839:and Pustunich in Yucatán, were founded during the
4762:
4760:
3457:Niederdeutsche Sprache: Versuch einer Definition.
5668:Geographical distribution of the German language
5258:Deutsche Minderheiten/Riograndenser Hunsrückisch
4715:Alemán, ¿lengua extranjera dominante en Bolivia?
1329:), North Dakota (Hutterite Germans, Mennonites,
461:German as a foreign language is promoted by the
4882:"Volkszählung 2015 Bevölkerungsstruktur Band 1"
3596:
3594:
3592:
3590:
566:), literature (German-Namibian authors include
29:"DACH" redirects here. Not to be confused with
3410:
3408:
3406:
1106:immigration to Mexico is the immigration from
899:in northern Paraguay (with 1 inhabitant/km).
217:Since 2004, there has been an annual informal
5281:
3635:. New York: Statista, The Statistics Portal.
3517:
3515:
3513:
3511:
3509:
3507:
941:and in the general area of the Chaco and the
871:to the local culture (for example during the
772:which lasted from 1933 to 1945, some 100,000
560:Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (GELK)
240:used to represent the dominant states of the
8:
3487:
3477:Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1982,
3471:
3463:
3455:
937:(with around 500,000 to 600,000) as well as
371:German is a recognised minority language in
164:
4927:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
3909:
3907:
3779:"6.5. Inter- und übernationale Beziehungen"
5320:
5288:
5274:
5266:
4986:"2011 Population Census, Ethnic Structure"
4617:
4615:
4613:
4611:
4609:
4607:
4605:
4603:
4397:
4395:
4367:"Los que llegaron - Alemanes (11/04/2012)"
2776:
2684:
1715:
1094:German community in Latin America, behind
179:(with 144 million speakers), and ahead of
4601:
4599:
4597:
4595:
4593:
4591:
4589:
4587:
4585:
4583:
4461:"Germans from Russia Heritage Collection"
4800:"Wird In Frankreich Deutsch Gesprochen?"
4495:. University of Minnesota Press. p.102.
2828:
1373:(72,570). A significant group of German
995:languages of other immigrant communities
989:The main variety of German in Brazil is
251:international vehicle registration codes
3648:Native speakers=105, total speakers=185
3443:
3390:
847:and many among them were Protestants.
471:
5296:Geographical distribution of languages
5250:Development of German in South America
4920:
4303:Lei Nº 2251, De 1º de setembro de 2010
4186:
4184:
2760:275,800 (among population over age 16)
1417:German-language newspapers in the U.S.
738:peasants, political refugees known as
5051:"Här är 20 största språken i Sverige"
4862:from the original on 27 November 2017
4689:. European Commission. Archived from
3813:Georg Grote, Hannes Obermair (2017).
3465:Niederdeutsch: Sprache und Literatur.
1569:Minorities exist in the countries of
615:, who are concentrated in and around
564:Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek
496:Bar chart – knowledge of German as a
7:
5186:"Ethnologue: Languages of the World"
4441:from the original on 17 January 2010
4113:from the original on 28 October 2014
4010:from the original on 17 January 2012
1656:, Brazil, and the United States, in
1217:In the United States, the states of
1201:German language in the United States
799:Hilfsverein deutschsprechender Juden
4889:Liechtensteinische Landesverwaltung
4772:Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat
4471:from the original on 18 August 2016
4409:from the original on 18 August 2009
3888:. 16 September 2008. Archived from
1502:; and in the Canadian provinces of
751:Handbuch des Deutschtums im Ausland
742:, and religious minorities such as
4382:"International Migration Database"
3957:from the original on April 8, 2016
3881:Знание иностранных языков в России
3493:2. Auflage, Weidler, Berlin 2000,
1478:is an Upper German dialect of the
1283:United States Brewers' Association
916:Argentinien-schwyzertütsch dialect
25:
5150:"Südtiroler Sprachbarometer 2014"
4202:from the original on 13 June 2013
4091:German L1 speakers outside Europe
3925:from the original on 28 June 2017
3755:(in German). DACH. Archived from
1650:Riograndenser Hunsrückisch German
1452:spoken in Northern Mexico by the
1293:(approximately 115,000 speakers;
1054:speak primarily Spanish at home.
1018:Riograndenser Hunsrückisch German
803:Asociación Filantrópica Israelita
579:Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
319:. Another version is DACHS (with
5640:
5639:
4629:from the original on 19 May 2016
4405:. 2.statcan.ca. 6 January 2010.
4328:. March 30, 2019. Archived from
4284:from the original on 8 July 2015
4258:from the original on 7 July 2015
4232:from the original on 13 May 2011
3860:from the original on 25 May 2017
3734:DACHS-Projekt "Ergotherapie 2010
3485:, S. 32 f.; Dieter Stellmacher:
3344:Distribution of German diasporas
3328:
2798:
2748:
2717:
2644:
2620:
2596:
2572:
2548:
2526:
2502:
2478:
2454:
2430:
2406:
2382:
2358:
2334:
2310:
2286:
2262:
2238:
2214:
2190:
2166:
2142:
2118:
2094:
2070:
2046:
2022:
1998:
1974:
1950:
1926:
1902:
1878:
1854:
1830:
1806:
1782:
1758:
1734:
1237:(North Dakota's state capital),
851:100,000 Mennonites from Canada.
629:Pan South African Language Board
489:
474:
5173:Personen mit 16 Jahren und mehr
5163:from the original on 2022-02-06
4786:"Brazil | Ethnologue Free"
3639:from the original on 2015-06-28
1644:or the near 500,000 Germans in
5159:(in German). page 20 Tab.1.1.
4991:(in Polish). 2011. p. 96.
4489:Henry Steele Commager (1961).
2773:Native and non-native speakers
1464:dialect spoken by most of the
619:and to a lesser extent around
1:
4902:résultats, RP 2011-Premiers.
4517:United States Census Bureau.
18:German as a Minority Language
4515:as of 2005 according to the
4365:Canal Once (12 April 2012).
2830:Approximate distribution of
1016:. In Rio Grande do Sul, the
406:Today German, together with
385:Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
338:DACH is also the name of an
5678:Second-language acquisition
4906:(in French). Archived from
3976:Modern Language Association
1317:variety of German known as
1205:Pennsylvania Dutch language
1114:, and the French region of
793:. This change was aided by
755:The Germans Abroad Handbook
5694:
5068:Statistik, Bundesamt für.
4658:. May 2001. Archived from
3817:. Oxford, Bern, New York:
3777:von Polenz, Peter (1999).
3660:Eurobarometer 2012 – Annex
3461:In: Jan Goossens (Hrsg.):
2836:German or a German variety
1521:
1198:
1078:
1042:
1027:
991:Riograndenser Hunsrückisch
956:
913:
625:Hermannsburg German School
525:German language in Namibia
522:
354:, German varieties were a
87:, and 75–100 million as a
28:
5635:
5301:
5125:database.ukrcensus.gov.ua
5070:"Sprachen und Religionen"
967:Bilingual school sign in
360:of Central, Eastern, and
36:This article details the
4403:"Statistics Canada 2006"
3880:
1321:or Pennsylvania Dutch),
1229:and many other towns in
206:(Germany), Austria, and
198:(89%, 8.9 million), and
183:(with 66.5 million) and
5426:Germanic-speaking world
4829:Statistisches Bundesamt
4519:"US demographic census"
4348:March 10, 2011, at the
3989:. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
3716:www.bundespraesident.de
3694:www.bundespraesident.de
3489:Niederdeutsche Sprache.
2681:Subnational territories
1126:regions of Germany. .
924:Mennonites in Argentina
891:, which was settled by
298:Confoederatio Helvetica
208:Confoederatio Helvetica
77:Low German/Plautdietsch
5316:Romance-speaking world
3488:
3472:
3464:
3456:
1440:in the state of Iowa,
1420:
1049:Mennonites in Colombia
971:
663:
562:), schools (e.g., the
534:
225:and the Grand Duke of
165:
100:German-speaking Europe
54:
5673:Linguistic minorities
5607:Uralic-speaking world
5520:Celtic-speaking world
5480:Slavic-speaking world
5196:on February 16, 2012.
4806:(in German). May 2011
4656:Statistik Oesterreich
4562:"Data Center Results"
4000:"German Courses – DW"
3700:on September 5, 2017.
1415:
1333:, Volga Germans, and
966:
914:Further information:
889:Buenos Aires Province
841:Second Mexican Empire
805:) which was based in
647:
532:
249:. It is based on the
194:(95%, 78.3 million),
187:(with 64.2 million).
83:, 10–25 million as a
31:Dach (disambiguation)
4751:"Tysk | lex.dk"
4369:– via YouTube.
4060:"Deutsch in Namibia"
3531:(de Gruyter Mouton;
2857:Hunsrik/Hunsrückisch
2825:Ethnologue estimates
1085:Mennonites in Mexico
785:; but by the end of
783:Jews lived in Europe
649:"Ich liebe Blumenau"
568:Giselher W. Hoffmann
5101:on 14 February 2020
3722:on January 1, 2018.
2864: &
2845:
1462:West Central German
1458:Pennsylvania German
1319:Pennsylvania German
1315:West Central German
1309:historically spoke
797:groups such as the
352:early modern period
212:Swiss Confederation
5306:Language geography
4030:"TOP STORIES – DW"
3985:2015-04-04 at the
3739:2011-07-22 at the
3672:"German, Standard"
3527:2015-11-09 at the
3379:Language geography
3349:Germanic languages
2871:Pennsylvania Dutch
2829:
1559:German Australians
1524:German Australians
1421:
1161:Kitchener, Ontario
1102:. Included in the
972:
744:Russian Mennonites
700:Dominican Republic
664:
588:Allgemeine Zeitung
535:
64:, German-speaking
5655:
5654:
5420:
5419:
5220:on June 14, 2013.
5057:. March 28, 2016.
4947:www.stats.govt.nz
4696:on 6 January 2016
4568:on 15 August 2013
4278:"Standard German"
4144:978-0-8131-2501-5
3978:, February 2015,
3828:978-3-0343-2240-9
3537:978-3-11-019298-8
3369:Dialect continuum
3319:
3318:
2822:
2821:
2770:
2769:
2678:
2677:
1565:Rest of the world
1470:Palatinate German
1450:minority language
999:Rio Grande do Sul
818:German minorities
801:(later to become
795:Jewish emigration
229:have taken part.
16:(Redirected from
5685:
5643:
5642:
5321:
5290:
5283:
5276:
5267:
5262:
5254:
5222:
5221:
5219:
5213:. Archived from
5212:
5204:
5198:
5197:
5192:. Archived from
5182:
5176:
5175:
5170:
5168:
5154:
5146:
5140:
5139:
5137:
5136:
5127:. Archived from
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5110:
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5074:www.bfs.admin.ch
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4999:
4993:
4992:
4990:
4982:
4976:
4975:
4968:
4962:
4961:
4959:
4958:
4949:. Archived from
4939:
4933:
4932:
4926:
4918:
4916:
4915:
4899:
4893:
4892:
4886:
4878:
4872:
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4796:
4790:
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4782:
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4775:
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4741:
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4738:
4737:
4727:"Statistics VDB"
4723:
4717:
4712:
4706:
4705:
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4701:
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4688:
4680:
4674:
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4664:
4653:
4645:
4639:
4638:
4636:
4634:
4619:
4578:
4577:
4575:
4573:
4564:. Archived from
4558:
4552:
4551:
4542:
4536:
4534:
4532:
4530:
4521:. Archived from
4513:German Americans
4509:
4503:
4487:
4481:
4480:
4478:
4476:
4465:Library.ndsu.edu
4457:
4451:
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4416:
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4390:
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4371:
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4356:
4354:
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4334:
4333:
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4322:
4316:
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4129:
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4122:
4120:
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4082:
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4079:
4077:
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4064:
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4026:
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4019:
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4015:
3996:
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3973:
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3964:
3962:
3956:
3949:
3941:
3935:
3934:
3932:
3930:
3911:
3902:
3901:
3899:
3897:
3876:
3870:
3869:
3867:
3865:
3859:
3852:
3844:
3833:
3832:
3810:
3804:
3803:
3801:
3799:
3774:
3768:
3767:
3765:
3764:
3749:
3743:
3730:
3724:
3723:
3718:. Archived from
3708:
3702:
3701:
3696:. Archived from
3686:
3680:
3679:
3668:
3662:
3657:
3651:
3650:
3645:
3644:
3629:
3623:
3622:
3620:
3619:
3613:
3606:
3598:
3585:
3584:
3562:
3556:
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3549:
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3502:
3491:
3475:
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2650:
2648:
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2626:
2624:
2623:
2602:
2600:
2599:
2578:
2576:
2575:
2554:
2552:
2551:
2532:
2530:
2529:
2508:
2506:
2505:
2484:
2482:
2481:
2460:
2458:
2457:
2436:
2434:
2433:
2412:
2410:
2409:
2388:
2386:
2385:
2364:
2362:
2361:
2340:
2338:
2337:
2316:
2314:
2313:
2292:
2290:
2289:
2268:
2266:
2265:
2244:
2242:
2241:
2220:
2218:
2217:
2196:
2194:
2193:
2172:
2170:
2169:
2148:
2146:
2145:
2124:
2122:
2121:
2100:
2098:
2097:
2076:
2074:
2073:
2052:
2050:
2049:
2028:
2026:
2025:
2004:
2002:
2001:
1980:
1978:
1977:
1956:
1954:
1953:
1932:
1930:
1929:
1908:
1906:
1905:
1884:
1882:
1881:
1860:
1858:
1857:
1836:
1834:
1833:
1812:
1810:
1809:
1788:
1786:
1785:
1764:
1762:
1761:
1740:
1738:
1737:
1716:
1686:Southern Jutland
1476:Hutterite German
1325:(Mennonites and
1311:Hutterite German
1213:Hutterite German
1181:German-Canadians
1177:Second World War
1153:British Columbia
1149:German Canadians
1134:Northern America
1045:German Colombian
959:Brazilian German
920:German Argentine
816:The majority of
576:
498:foreign language
493:
478:
463:Goethe Institute
366:Hanseatic League
304:"(die) Schweiz")
171:
152:
142:
132:
122:
112:
89:foreign language
49:
21:
5693:
5692:
5688:
5687:
5686:
5684:
5683:
5682:
5658:
5657:
5656:
5651:
5631:
5617:Hindustani list
5547:Other languages
5542:
5533:Scottish Gaelic
5514:
5474:
5416:
5366:
5310:
5297:
5294:
5260:
5252:
5231:
5226:
5225:
5217:
5210:
5206:
5205:
5201:
5184:
5183:
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3147:New Zealand
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2318:New Zealand
1551:World War I
1472:dialects.
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837:Santa Elena
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768:During the
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310:Dachsprache
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5590:Indosphere
5554:Arab world
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5439:Anglophone
5333:Portuguese
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5190:Ethnologue
5135:2019-03-20
5105:4 November
5080:2018-07-17
5036:2019-03-14
5031:www.ine.es
5012:2018-10-28
4957:2019-09-24
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4736:2019-04-12
4669:2018-06-06
4633:13 October
4625:. UNdata.
4107:www.gov.za
3819:Peter Lang
3763:2008-03-22
3676:Ethnologue
3643:2015-07-11
3618:2015-07-24
3553:Ethnologue
3438:References
3426:2018-11-08
3397:See also:
3081:Kazakhstan
3037:Costa Rica
2862:Low German
2792:Reference
2786:Percentage
2706:Reference
2700:Percentage
2270:Montenegro
2246:Luxembourg
2150:Kyrgyzstan
2126:Kazakhstan
2082:69,495,000
2034:3,340,000
1725:Percentage
1704:Statistics
1676:or in the
1662:Mennonites
1642:Kazakhstan
1629:, and the
1531:Queensland
1484:Washington
1407:Cincinnati
1403:Pittsburgh
1307:Mennonites
1299:Hutterites
1275:Germantown
1062:Costa Rica
931:Entre Ríos
875:period in
696:Costa Rica
613:Low German
605:Calvinists
246:Sprachraum
232:D-A-CH or
227:Luxembourg
168:Sprachraum
166:Deutscher
70:continents
66:minorities
57:Sprachraum
55:Deutscher
5566:Sinophone
5510:Ukrainian
5406:Romanian
5338:Lusophone
4572:10 August
3798:21 August
3732:Example:
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2876:Hutterite
2810:2,069,949
2688:Territory
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2222:Lithuania
2058:1,200,000
1770:7,115,780
1742:Australia
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1579:Australia
1518:Australia
1500:Minnesota
1454:Mennonite
1426:Carinthia
1399:Milwaukee
1387:St. Louis
1355:Wisconsin
1305:and some
1267:Schleswig
1247:Strasburg
1243:Karlsruhe
1231:Minnesota
1173:Vancouver
1100:Argentina
910:Argentina
904:urbanized
811:Argentina
779:holocaust
732:Venezuela
716:Nicaragua
708:Guatemala
672:Argentina
621:Winterton
555:Apartheid
547:Afrikaans
426:, namely
323:meaning "
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4923:cite web
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3322:See also
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2783:Speakers
2697:speakers
2560:192,691
2486:Slovenia
2462:Slovakia
2342:Paraguay
1722:Speakers
1674:Paraguay
1512:Manitoba
1375:Pietists
1367:Oklahoma
1303:Dunkards
1259:Muenster
1235:Bismarck
1165:Montreal
1039:Colombia
1010:Pomerode
969:Pomerode
939:Misiones
720:Paraguay
692:Colombia
653:Blumenau
635:Americas
617:Wartburg
539:a colony
452:Slovenia
448:Slovakia
401:Slovakia
340:Interreg
5498:Russian
5434:English
5395:Italian
5362:Catalan
5350:Spanish
4891:. 2015.
4550:. 1896.
4475:18 July
4288:20 July
4262:20 July
4076:23 June
3354:Germans
3306:133,000
3299:357,360
3273:10,800
3270:118,000
3235:Uruguay
3173:166,000
3125:Namibia
3091:100,000
3063:200,000
3009:23,200
2997:430,000
2953:160,000
2949:Bolivia
2887:400,000
2780:Country
2725:Finland
2712:Uusimaa
2691:Country
2652:Ukraine
2632:964,441
2538:unknown
2390:Romania
2346:48,812
2294:Namibia
2130:30,413
2102:Hungary
2078:Germany
2006:Finland
1982:Estonia
1958:Denmark
1886:Croatia
1862:Bolivia
1842:271,870
1814:Belgium
1766:Austria
1719:Country
1690:Denmark
1682:Siberia
1623:Romania
1615:Namibia
1603:Hungary
1595:Denmark
1591:Czechia
1583:Belgium
1504:Alberta
1488:Montana
1419:in 1922
1391:Chicago
1359:Indiana
1343:Montana
1227:New Ulm
1189:English
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1169:Toronto
1157:Ontario
1120:Bavaria
1108:Austria
893:Germans
857:Central
845:Prussia
728:Uruguay
704:Ecuador
680:Bolivia
585:). The
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436:Denmark
428:Croatia
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196:Austria
192:Germany
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177:Russian
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3151:36,000
3129:22,500
3113:40,000
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3085:30,400
3059:Israel
3019:35,000
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2993:Canada
2971:Brazil
2959:60,000
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2662:2001
2638:2016
2614:2016
2611:62.8%
2590:2016
2587:0.73%
2566:2016
2563:0.4%
2556:Spain
2534:Italy
2520:1996
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