Amazon Quiz: What is the official language of this country?
Options:
English
French
Danish
German
Answer: German
The German language belongs to the Indo-European family of languages and is considered one of the world’s major languages. Besides being the official language of Germany, it is also one of the official languages of Luxembourg and Belgium. There are three codified forms of the language- German, Austrian, and Swiss High Standard German. Moreover, the German language that is spoken in Germany can be divided into three different regiolects- Berlinian- the High German dialect spoken in and around the capital city of Berlin; Missingsch- the Low German dialect that takes many words from High German and
Although most words in the language have been derived from Indo-European langauges’ Germanic branch, many words have, over the years, been incorporated from Greek, Latin, English, Italian, and French.
German’s popularity as a foreign language has also grown over the years. Among the most widely spoken foreign languages in the European Union, German ranks second alongside French. Moreover, a number of countries that were previously under German colonial rule, also have considerable chunks of their population who can speak the language. Such countries include Cameroon, which has the largest German-speaking population in Africa, alongside Namibia, which has its own pidgin language based on German called Namibian Black German.
Many internationally renowned poets and writers have written in the German language, including Goethe, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, and Gunter Grass.
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