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Official Language

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German is an official language of six main countries in Europe. 1. Germany 2. Austria 3. Belgium 4. Liechtenstein 5. Luxembourg 6. Switzerland

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Germany

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Germany ranks as the largest population of German-speaking countries where around 80 million people speak the German language.

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Austria

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Austria which has over 93% of the total population speaks the German language.

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Belgium

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About 23% of the entire population speaks German in Belgium.

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Liechtenstein

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Around 85% of the people belonging to the community speaks German.

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Luxembourg

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A rough estimate of about 68% of the population speaks German. 

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Switzerland

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About 70% of the population speaks German in Switzerland.

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Africa

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There was a German colony named ‘Namibia’ which is Southwest Africa during the early 19th century. The people during that time spoke the German dialect.  Around 20,000 Namibian people Namibians who hailed from South Africa are still living there.

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USA

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There are about 46 million people with German ancestry in America.   In the 19th century, German immigrants especially from Amish, Mennonite, or Hutterite communities kept traveling to the United States.