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Languages Spoken in Germany

Official: German

Germany has a population of 84.1 million and is a linguistically diverse country, with 17 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. German serves as the official language. Of the languages spoken in Germany, 11 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

84.1M
Population
17
Languages
11
LEXIGO

Languages spoken in Germany

German Official
German Braille, German alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
91%
CLDR
English
English Braille, English alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
64%
CLDR
French
French Braille, French alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
18%
CLDR
Bavarian
Latin script
17%
CLDR
Low German
Latin script
12%
CLDR
Dutch
Dutch alphabet, Dutch eight-dot Braille
LEXIGO translation services →
9%
CLDR
Italian
Italian Braille, Italian alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
7%
CLDR
Spanish
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
6%
CLDR
Russian
Cyrillic script
LEXIGO translation services →
6%
CLDR
Main-Franconian
Latin script
6%
CLDR
Turkish
Turkish alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
3%
CLDR
Swiss German
Latin script
2%
CLDR
Danish
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
2%
CLDR
Swabian
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Croatian
Gaj's Latin alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
0.8%
CLDR
Kurdish
Arabic alphabet, Cyrillic script
LEXIGO translation services →
0.7%
CLDR
Northern Frisian Regional
Latin script
0.0%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"German (official); note - Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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