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For more detail consult the Ethnologue entry for Germany.
Languages that are mainly used in this country: (22)
| ISO Code | Name | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| vmf | Eastern Franconian | Mainfränkisch, Ostfränkisch, Upper Franconian |
| frk | Frankish | |
| frr | Frisian, Northern | Frasch, Freesch, Freesk, Friisk, Fräisch, Nordfriesisch, Northern Frisian |
| gsg | German Sign Language | DGS, Deutsche Gebärdensprache |
| deu | German, Standard | Alemán, Allemand, Deutsch, Duits, Däitsch, German, Germană, Nemački, Nemec, Nemetskiy, Niemiec, Njemački, Német, Němec, Tedesco, Tudestg, Tysk |
| nds | Low German | Low Saxon |
| gmh | Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500) | |
| gml | Middle Low German | |
| goh | Old High German (ca. 750-1050) | |
| osx | Old Saxon | |
| pfl | Palatinate Franconian | Francique, Lorraine Franconian, Lottrìnger Plàtt, Palatine German, Pfaelzisch, Pfälzisch, Pfälzische, Plàtt, Pälzisch, Rheinfrankisch, Rhine Franconian |
| pox | Polabian | |
| ksh | Ripuarian | Kölsch, North Middle Franconian, Ripuarisch |
| stq | Saterfriesisch | Friesen, Saterfriesen, Saterfriesiesch, Saterlandic, Saterlandic Frisian, Saterländisch, Seeltersk |
| frs | Saxon, East Frisian Low | Eastern Frisian, Oostfreesk, Oostfräisk, Ostfriesisch, Ostfriesisch-Niederdeutsch, Platt, Plattdüütsk |
| sxu | Saxon, Upper | Meissenish, Meißnisch, Obersächsisch, Sächsisch, Upper Saxon |
| dsb | Sorbian, Lower | Bas Sorabe, Delnoserbski, Dolnoserbska reč, Dolnoserbski, Dolnoserbšćina, Lluzykie, Lower Lusatian, Lower Sorbian, Lusatian, Luzycki, Niedersorbisch, Wendish |
| hsb | Sorbian, Upper | Haut Sorabe, Hornjoserbsce, Hornjoserbska rěč, Hornjoserbski, Hornjoserbšćina, Hornoserbski, Obersorbisch, Upper Lusatian, Upper Sorbian, Wendish |
| swg | Swabian | Schwaebisch, Schwäbisch, Suabian |
| wep | Westphalien | Westfaelisch, Westfalish, Westfälisch, Westfäölsk, Westfäölsk Plat, Westfäölsk Platt, Westphalish |
| yec | Yeniche | German Travellers, Jenisch, Yenishe |
| yih | Yiddish, Western | Judeo-German, Western Yiddish, Yiddish, Yidish |
Other languages used in this country: (83)
| ISO Code | Name | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| abk | Abkhaz | Abkhazian, Abxazo, Apsshwa, Apsua Byzshwa |
| ady | Adyghe | Adyge, Adygei, Adygey, Adəgăbză, Cherkes, Kiakh, Kjax, Lower Circassian, Lowland Adyghe, West Circassian, Western Adyghe, Western Circassian |
| afr | Afrikaans | |
| sqi | Albanian | |
| aln | Albanian, Gheg | Geg, Gegnisht, Gegnisht-Shqyp, Gheg, Gheg Albanian, Guegue, Shopni, Shqip, Shqyp |
| arq | Arabic, Algerian | Algerian, Algerian Arabic, Algerian Spoken Arabic, Darija, Darja, Dziria |
| arz | Arabic, Egyptian | Egyptian Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Arabic, Lower Egypt Arabic, Massry, Modern Egyptian Language, Normal Egyptian Arabic |
| apc | Arabic, Levantine | Lebanese-Syrian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Palestinian Arabic, Palestinian-Jordanian, Palestinian-Jordanian Arabic, Syro-Lebanese Arabic, Syro-Palestinian Arabic, il-lahje š-šāmiyye |
| ary | Arabic, Moroccan | Colloquial Arabic, Darija, Maghrebi Arabic, Maghribi, Moroccan Arabic, Moroccan Colloquial Arabic, Moroccan Dareja, Moroccan Darija, Moroccan Dereja, Moroccan Spoken Arabic, Árabe marroquí |
| aeb | Arabic, Tunisian | Derja, Tunisian, Tunisian Arabic, Tunisian Darija, Tunisian Spoken Arabic |
| hye | Armenian | Armani, Armjanski, Armjanski Yazyk, Eastern Armenian, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Erâmani, Haieren, Somekhuri, Somkhuri ena |
| aii | Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | Aisorski, Asoreren, Assyrian, Assyrianci, Assyriski, Aturaya Swadaya, Lishana Aturaya, Neo-Syriac, Sooreth, Suret, Sureth, Suryaya Swadaya, Swadai, Swadaya |
| aze | Azerbaijani | Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani, North, Azerbaydzhani, Azeri, Azeri Turk, Azərbaycan dili, Azərbaycanca, Turkler |
| bar | Bavarian | Bairisch, Bavarian Austrian, Bayerisch, Boarisch, Ost-Oberdeutsch |
| bel | Belarusian | Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian |
| bul | Bulgarian | Pomak |
| cat | Catalan | Algherese Catalan, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Català, Valencian, catalán |
| cld | Chaldean Neo-Aramaic | |
| che | Chechen | Galancho, Nokchiin Muott, Nokhchi, Nokhchiin |
| hrv | Croatian | Hrvatski, Serbo-Croatian |
| ces | Czech | Bohemian, Cehă, Český jazyk, Češki, Čeština, čeština |
| dan | Danish | |
| nld | Dutch | Flemish |
| eng | English | |
| est | Estonian | |
| fin | Finnish | Finska, Finskiy, Suomi |
| fra | French | |
| kat | Georgian | Common Kartvelian, Gorji, Grunzinski yazyk, Gruzin |
| deu | German, Standard | Alemán, Allemand, Deutsch, Duits, Däitsch, German, Germană, Nemački, Nemec, Nemetskiy, Niemiec, Njemački, Német, Němec, Tedesco, Tudestg, Tysk |
| gsw | German, Swiss | Alemanic, Alemannic, Alemannisch, Alsacien, Alsatian, Elsaessisch, Schweizerdeutsch, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizerdütsch, Schwizertitsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart, Schwytzertuetsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwyzerdütschi Sprooch, Swiss German, |
| ell | Greek | Demotic Greek, Dimotiki, Greacă, Greco, Görög, Hellenic, Hretsʹkyy, Modern Greek, Modern Greek (1453-), Romaic, Standard Modern Greek, Urum, Yunan |
| hau | Hausa | Abakwariga, Haoussa, Harshen Hausa, Hausawa, Mgbakpa |
| heb | Hebrew | Contemporary Hebrew, Israeli, Israeli Hebrew, Modern Hebrew |
| hin | Hindi | Dakhini, Hindi-Urdu, Hindustani, Modern Standard Hindi |
| hun | Hungarian | Madžarski, Maghiar, Magyar, Maďarský, Mađarski, Uhorsʹkyy, Ungarisch |
| ita | Italian | |
| jpn | Japanese | |
| kbd | Kabardian | East Circassian, Eastern Adyghe, Eastern Circassian, Highland Adyghe, Kabard, Kabardin, Kabardino-Cherkes, Kabardo-Cherkess, Kabardo-Cherkessian, Upper Adyghe, Upper Circassian |
| kea | Kabuverdianu | Caboverdiano, Cape Verdean Creole, Criol, Crioulo, Kriol, Krioulu |
| xal | Kalmyk-Oirat | European Oirat, Kalmack, Kalmuck, Kalmuk, Kalmytskii Jazyk, Khalli, Oirat, Qalmaq, Volga Oirat, Weilate, Western Mongol, Western Mongolian, Xinjiang Mongolian |
| kaz | Kazakh | Kaisak, Kazakhi, Kazax, Kosach, Qazaq, Qazaqi |
| kor | Korean | Chaoxian, Chaoxianyu, Chaoyu, Goryeomal, Hangouyu, Hanguohua, Hanyu, Koryomal, Zainichi Korean |
| ku | Kurdish | Badinani, Badînî, Bahdini, Behdînî, Eastern Kurmanji, Ezdiki, Kermancî, Khorasani, Khorasani Kurmanji, Kirmanciya Jori, Kirmancî, Kordi, Kordi Kormanji, Kurdi, Kurdish Kurmanji, Kurdish, Northern, Kurdiya jorîn, Kurdmancî, Kurdî, Kurdî-Kurmanc |
| kur | Kurdish | |
| kmr | Kurdish, Northern | Badinani, Badînî, Bahdini, Behdînî, Eastern Kurmanji, Ezdiki, Kermancî, Khorasani, Khorasani Kurmanji, Kirmanciya Jori, Kirmancî, Kordi, Kordi Kormanji, Kurdi, Kurdish, Kurdish Kurmanji, Kurdiya jorîn, Kurdmancî, Kurdî, Kurdî-Kurmancî, Kurmanc |
| lav | Latvian | |
| lzz | Laz | Chan, Chanuri, Chanzan, Laze, Lazuri, Zan |
| lim | Limburgish | Limberger, Limbourgeois, Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgian, Limburgic, Limburgisch, Limburgs, Limburgs Plat, Lèmburgs, Plat |
| lit | Lithuanian | Lietuviu, Lietuviškai, Lietuvių kalba, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy |
| ltz | Luxembourgish | Francique mosellan, Franconio del Mosela, Frankish, Letzburgisch, Letzeburgesch, Letzeburgisch, Limba săsească, Luxembourgeois, Luxemburgeois, Luxemburgian, Luxemburgish, Lëtzebuergesch, Moselle Franconian, Platt, Siweberjesch Såksesch, Transylvanian |
| mkd | Macedonian | Macedonian Slavic |
| nor | Norwegian | |
| ofs | Old Frisian | |
| fas | Persian | Ajamic, Farsi, New Persian, Parsi, Persian, Iranian, West Persian, Western Farsi |
| pdt | Plautdietsch | German, Low German, Mennonite German, Mennonite Low German, Mennoniten Platt, Plódich |
| pol | Polish | Lengyel, Lenku, Polnisch, Polština |
| por | Portuguese | |
| rmo | Romani, Sinte | Manouche, Manuche, Manuš, Romanes, Romani, Sasítka Romá, Sinte, Sinte Romani, Sinti, Sintitikes, Sinto-Manush, Tsigane, Zigeuner |
| rmy | Romani, Vlax | Beás, Cigány, Danubian, Gurbéti, Gypsy, Rom, Roma, Romanes, Romanese, Romani, Romani cib, Romani shib, Romany, Romanés, Tsigene, Tsingani, Vlax, Vlax Romany |
| rom | Romany | |
| rus | Russian | |
| sxu | Saxon, Upper | Meissenish, Meißnisch, Obersächsisch, Sächsisch, Upper Saxon |
| sin | Sinhala | Chingalese, Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhalese |
| slk | Slovak | Slovakian, Slovenský Jazyk, Slovenčina |
| slv | Slovene | Slovenian, Slovenski jezik, Slovenščina |
| spa | Spanish | Castilian |
| swe | Swedish | |
| syr | Syriac | Chaldean, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, Fallani, Fellihi, Kaldaya, Kildani, Lishana Kaldaya, Modern Chaldean, Neo-Chaldean, Soorath, Soorith, Suras, Sureth |
| tgl | Tagalog | Wikang Tagalog |
| tgk | Tajik | Tadjik, Tadzhik, Tajiki, Tajiki Persian |
| tam | Tamil | |
| rif | Tarifit | Arrif, Fifia, Northern Shilha, Rif, Rif Berber, Rifain, Rifeño, Riff, Rifi, Rifia, Rifiya, Ruafa, Shilha, Tamazight, Tamazight n Arrif, Tarifiyt, Tarifyt Berber, Tirifie, Tmazight, Tmaziɣt |
| tha | Thai | Bangkok Thai, Central Thai, Siamese, Standard Thai, Thai Klang, Thaiklang |
| tir | Tigrigna | Eritrean, Habashi, Tigray, Tigrinya |
| tur | Turkish | Anatolian, Istanbul Turkish, Osmanli, Turki, Turkmen, Turkoman, Türkisch, Türkçe |
| tuk | Turkmen | Torkomani, Trukhmen, Trukhmeny, Turkman, Turkmani, Turkmanian, Turkmencha, Turkmeni, Turkmenian, Turkmenler, Turkomans, Turkpen, Türkmen dili, Türkmençe |
| tru | Turoyo | Surayt, Suryoyo, Syryoyo, Süryani, Turani, Western Neo-Syriac, Ṭūr ‘Abdinian Aramaic |
| ukr | Ukrainian | Ucrainean, Ukraiński, Ukrán |
| urd | Urdu | Modern Standard Urdu |
| uig | Uyghur | Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur |
| vie | Vietnamese | Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Tiếng Việt, Viet |
| yid | Yiddish | Judeo-German, Yiddish, Eastern, Yidish |
| kiu | Zazaki, Northern | Alevica, Alevija, Dersimki, Dersımki, Dimilki, Dımılki, Kirmanjki, Kirmanjki (individual language), Kırmancki, Northern Zaza, Shar Ma, So-Bê, Zaza, Zazaca, Zazaja, Zazaki, Zonê Ma |
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