Language

Germany’s official language is German. It is also spoken in other part of Europe like in Switzerland and Luxembourg. It is the most widely spoken language in the European Union with about 100 million people speaking the language. As a language German belongs to an Indo- European group of languages, the language spoken in large land mass stretching from India to western Ireland. Germans however do also have their own dialects reflecting the variety of historical regions.Some of the dialects spoken are:Plattdeutsch and Schwyzerdutsch. Recently, in the past decade there has also been a trend in the revival of dialects which indicate the trend towards regional loyalty. Besides dialects, over the years a standardised language evolved. This was called Hochdeutsch. This enabled everyone to be able to communicate with one another. This standardisation was mainly an influence from the media however their personal dialects were also used together with Hochdeutsch.