Ethnic Groups in Germany - Languages

Languages

German is the only official and most widely spoken language. Standard German is understood throughout the country.

Read more about this topic:  Ethnic Groups In Germany

Famous quotes containing the word languages:

    “The trouble with foreign languages is, you have to think before your speak.”
    —Swedish proverb, trans. by Verne Moberg.

    “I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Wealth is so much the greatest good that Fortune has to bestow that in the Latin and English languages it has usurped her name.”
    —William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)