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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System Latin 
Script(s) Used Deutsch 
Family Indo-european  46.3% World Languages have Indo-European
Subgroup Germanic 
3 Letter Code Gmh/goh/gem 
Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)
120 
68.89
Native Speakers as % of World
1.52
Total Number of Speakers (millions)
118 
113.83
Total Speakers as % of World
1.52
Language Systems
Noun declensions Four Cases  4.5% World Languages have Four cases
Sequence Svo (some Vso)  4.5% World Languages have SVO (some VSO)
Tonal No  80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language No  85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language
Geographic Distribution
Official language in Germany 
Official Language of United Nations No  89.6% World Languages don't have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Vatican City, Bolivia, Paraguay 
No. of Countries Spoken In
19 
10.33

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