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German is spoken primarily in Germany (first language for more than 95% of the population), Austria (89%) and Switzerland (64%) together with Liechtenstein, Luxembourg (D-A-CH-Li-Lux) constituting the countries where German is the majority language.

Other European German-speaking communities are found in Italy (Bolzano-Bozen), in the East Cantons of Belgium, in the French area Alsace which often was traded between Germany and France in history and in some border villages of the former South Jutland County (in German, Nordschleswig, in Danish, Sønderjylland) of Denmark.

Some German-speaking communities still survive in parts of Romania, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and above all Russia and Kazakhstan, although forced expulsions after World War II and massive emigration to Germany in the 1980s and 1990s have depopulated most of these communities. It is also spoken by German-speaking foreign populations and some of their descendants in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Siberia in Russia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia).

A considerable proportion of the native population speak German dialects in Luxembourg and the surrounding areas. Some people also master standard German (especially in Luxembourg), although in the French regions of Alsace (German: Elsass) and Lorraine (German: Lothringen) French has replaced the local German dialects as the official language, even though it has not been fully replaced on the street.

Outside of Europe and the former Soviet Union, the largest German-speaking communities are to be found in the United States, Canada, Brazil and in Argentina where millions of Germans migrated in the last 200 years; but the vast majority of their descendants no longer speak German. Additionally, German-speaking communities can be found in the former German colony of Namibia independent from South Africa since 1990, as well as in the other countries of German emigration such as Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Venezuela (where Alemán Coloniero developed), South Africa and Australia.

In Brazil the largest concentrations of German speakers are in Rio Grande do Sul (where Riograndenser Hunsrückisch was developed), Santa Catarina, Paraná, and Espírito Santo, and large German-speaking descendant communities in Argentina, Paraguay and Chile. In the 20th century, over 100,000 German political refugees and invited entrepreneurs settled in Latin America, such as Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic to establish German-speaking enclaves, and there is a reportedly small German immigration to Puerto Rico. Nearly all inhabitants of the city of Pomerode in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil speak German.

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Deutschsprachige Länder und ihre Nachbarn- German-speaking countries and their neighbors Belgien - Belgium Dänemark - Denmark Deutschland - Germany Frankreich - France Italien - Italy Liechtenstein - Liechtenstein Luxemburg - Luxembourg die Niederlande - Netherlands Österreich - Austria Polen - Poland die Schweiz - Switzerland die Slowakei - Slovakia Slowenien - Slovenia Tschechien - Czech Republic Ungarn - Hungary

[AlyWinx]

Der Mann spricht richtig seltsam und die Frau auch nicht gerade perfekt.

[stormeagle85]

WTF! Ich hoffe, das isn schlechter Scherz!

[ConfusedVideoGirl]

Wer will denn bitte diese doofe Sprache lernen? xD

[Brulluhman]

Here in Holland we've got the oldest Germanian language spoken.. Frysian language. Even Germany has a part that called Friesland.

In the past 'Fryslan' was Holland, Germany, Denmark and Norway.

It's our second language here in Holland.

Some words in Germany, Denmark, Norway are similar to this language. So I suggest everyone learn to speak Frysk again (very easy, also close to English).

[Brulluhman]

Learn Dutch for God's sake. Leer in Godsnaam Nederlands!

[kahlschlag17]

voll toll...toll voll!!

[derneuschooer]

äääh ja....genau