German
Although it is estimated that 150,000 to 200,000 Chileans have some German ancestry, the number who speak German has been in decline since the end of World War II. In the 1980s it was estimated that some 35,000 German Chileans spoke German, but today it is spoken only by some 20,000, most of them living in Los Lagos Region.
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Famous quotes containing the word german:
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—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)