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	German language - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		German is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, in two-thirds of Switzerland, in two-thirds of the South Tyrol province of Italy (in German, Südtirol), in the small East Cantons of Belgium, and in some border villages of the South Jutland County (Nordschleswig) of Denmark.
		German is the third most taught foreign language worldwide, also in the USA (after Spanish and French); it is the second most known foreign language in the EU (after English; see [1]) It is one of the official languages of the European Union.
		Central German dialects include Ripuarian, Luxembourgish, Moselle Franconian, Rhine Franconian, Hessian, Thuringian, and Upper Saxon, and are spoken in the southeastern Netherlands, eastern Belgium, Luxembourg, parts of France, and in Germany approximately between the River Main and the southern edge of the Lowlands.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/e/r/German_language.html (3592 words)

	East Franconian German Encyclopedia Articles @ FbgArt.com (Fbg Art) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		East Franconian (Ostfränkisch) is a dialect which is spoken in Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Bamberg, Würzburg and Bayreuth.
		East Franconian is one of the German dialects with the highest number of speakers.
		The scope of East Franconian is disputed, mainly in its extent in Eastern Germany and whether Nuremberg, the second-largest city of Bavaria is to be included.
	www.fbgart.com /encyclopedia/East_Franconian_German (253 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Bavaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12.4 million inhabitants, forms the southernmost of the 16 states of Germany.
		In the administrative regions to the north the Franconian dialect is prevalent, in Swabia the local dialect is Swabian, a thread of the Alemannic dialect family.
		It became a kingdom in 1806, and in 1815 the Rhenish Palatinate was annexed to it.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Bavaria (1355 words)

	German_language
		German is the language with the most native speakers and the third most learned second language in the European Union, after English and French.
		German is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, in two-thirds of Switzerland, in two-thirds of the South Tyrol province of Italy (in German, Südtirol), in the small East Cantons of Belgium, and in some border villages of the South Jutland County (in German, Nordschleswig, in Danish, Sønderjylland) of Denmark.
		The earliest testimonies of Old High German are from scattered Elder Futhark inscriptions, especially in Alemannic, from the 6th century, the earliest glosses (Abrogans) date to the 8th and the oldest coherent texts (the Hildebrandslied, the Muspilli and the Merseburg Incantations) to the 9th century.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/german_language.html (4063 words)

	German language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Additionally, German speaking communities are to be found in the former German colony of Namibia, as well as in the other countries of German emigration such as Canada,Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Venezuela (where Alemán Coloneiro developed), South Africa, Thailand, and Australia.
		German is the main language of about 100 million people in Europe (as of 2004), or 13.3% of all Europeans, being the second most spoken native language in Europe after Russian, above French (66.5 million speakers in 2004) and English (64.2 million speakers in 2004).
		German, in this context refers to the ancestor of all continental West Germanic languages (excluding Frisian), it is just coincidence that "Standard German" and German in the sense as described above share the same name.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/German_language (4367 words)

	The Ultimate High German Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		High German (in German, Hochdeutsch) is any of several German dialects spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Luxembourg (as well as in neighbouring portions of Belgium, France (Alsace), Italy, Poland, and Romania (Transylvania) and in some areas of former colonial settlement, e.g.
		The German term Hochdeutsch is also used loosely, but not by linguists, to mean standard written German as opposed to dialect, because the standard language developed out of High rather than Low German.
		The name "High German" contrasts with "Low German", a term variously used to refer to the Low Saxon dialects originating from around the Baltic city of Lübeck; these dialects together with the Low Franconian languages (Dutch, West Flemish, and Afrikaans); or all of the Western Germanic languages other than High German (including English and Frisian).
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/High_German (480 words)

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