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Ads by Google      German language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The High German varieties spoken by Ashkenazi Jews (mostly in the former Soviet Union) have several unique features, and are usually considered as a separate language, Yiddish. 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. German is a member of the western branch of the Germanic family of languages, which in turn is part of the Indo-European language family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language   (3957 words)      German language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The High German varieties spoken by Ashkenazi Jews (mostly in the former Soviet Union) have several unique features, and are usually considered as a separate language, Yiddish. The printed forms however are claimed by some to be actually more readable when used for printing Germanic languages. In these modern days Germany is surrounded by language borders, in the north by the Frisian and Danish; in the east Polish, Sorbian, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian; in the south Slovenian, Italian, Friulian, Ladin, and Romansh; in the west French and Dutch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language   (4162 words)      German language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Standard German is rarely spoken, for instance when speaking with people who do not understand the Swiss German dialects at all, and it is expected to be used in school. The High German dialects spoken by Ashkenazi Jews (mostly in the former Soviet Union) have several unique features, and are usually considered as a separate language, Yiddish. 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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language   (3461 words)      Euromosaic - German in France People do not believe that the geographical area in which German is spoken is respected with a view to ensuring promotion of the language; they believe that the French Government rarely facilitates and encourages the use of written or spoken German in public and private. In this area, German is spoken alongside French, as are various languages that have been introduced by recent immigrants, particularly Arabic. Although German has been declared a "regional language", young people can study up to baccalauréat level without learning German and without hearing any mention of local history and culture. http://www.uoc.es/euromosaic/web/document/alemany/an/i3/i3.html   (5091 words)      Case Studies Database As classes of German are offered to all local citizens in primary schools, there is no language barrier for potential Polish students. At the moment, the ratio of Polish to German (Silesian) population is half-and-half. The German (or Silesian) origins inhabitants were under the communist regime subjected to forced Polonization, which caused inverted, rather than intended, results. http://lgi.osi.hu/ethnic/csdb/results.asp?idx=no&id=201   (2483 words)      Learn german in germany - dialoge sprachinstitut Lindau Island in Lake Constance,learn german,learning german,speak german,learn to speak german,german courses dialoge sprachinstitut,Lindau,learn german in germany,learn german,learning german,speak german,learn to speak german,learn the german language,learning german language,german language course,german course,language travel,german language school,german germany,learning to speak german Learn to speak German and enjoy your language holidays in the Southern German island-town of Lindau. Benefit from high quality German courses and learn German grammar, German vocabulary, German comprehension and writing German texts. http://www.dialoge.com   (2483 words)      German language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Standard German is rarely spoken, for instance when speaking with people who do not understand the Swiss German dialects at all, and it is expected to be used in school. The High German varieties spoken by Ashkenazi Jews (mostly in the former Soviet Union) have several unique features, and are usually considered as a separate language, Yiddish. German is a member of the western branch of the Germanic family of languages, which in turn is part of the Indo-European language family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language   (4161 words)      GERMAN LANGUAGE - LoveToKnow Article on GERMAN LANGUAGE It was also natural that the Catholic Lower Rhine (Cologne) and Catholic South Germany held out against it, for to adopt the language of the reformer would have seemed tantamount to offering a helping hand to Protestant ideas. As thu middle ages did not produce a German Schriftsprache or literary language in the modern sense of the word, which as is undoubtedly the case in Modern Germanmight have influenced the spoken langunge (Umgangssprache), the history of the language in its earlier stages is a history of different dialects. German poetry, the German language made great advances as i vehicle of literary expression; its power of expression was increased and it acquired a beauty of style hitherto unknown. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/G/GE/GERMAN_LANGUAGE.htm   (7834 words)      Gothic language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia One of the most striking characteristics of the East Germanic languages is the division of nouns between those with weak declensions (generally those where the root word ends in an n) and those with strong declensions (those whose roots end in a vowel or an inflexional suffix indicative of a pronoun). The Gothic language (*gutiska razda, 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺) is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths and specifically by the Visigoths. It is known primarily through a translation of the Bible dating from the 4th century, and is the only East Germanic language with a sizeable corpus. http://www.bexley.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/Gothic_language   (7834 words)      German language - encyclopedia article about German language. The High German varieties spoken by Ashkenazi Jews (mostly in the former Soviet Union) have several unique features, and are usually considered as a separate language, Yiddish. A possible explanation for the use of "mute" to refer to German (and also to Germans) in Slavic languages is that Germans were the first people Slavic tribes encountered, with whom they could not communicate. 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. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/German+Language   (4574 words)      Overview of the German Language to Help You Learn German Over 100 million people speak German as their native language. The German language belongs to the West Germanic sub-branch (along with English, Frisian, Yiddish, Dutch, and Afrikaans) of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. It's easier than ever to learn German and to begin to speak German with the language resources and German language software from Transparent Language. http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/german/overview.htm   (840 words)      MSN Encarta - German Language German Language, language of the German people and other peoples akin to or at one time politically united with the Germans. The diversity of the German dialects (some of which are so diverse they are indeed languages) means that German speakers are often bilingual in their local dialect and Standard German, which acts as a lingua franca. Standard German (a dialect) is often confused with High German (a language grouping), but Standard German is actually a dialect within the High German sub-family, which comprises two further sub-families, Upper and Middle German. http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567950/German_Language.html   (840 words)      German language on Encyclopedia.com Borrowed fatherland: nationalism and language purism in Fichte's 'Addresses to the German Nation.' (Johann Gottlieb Fichte) German lessons from Russians.Keywordswestern europe berlin europe germany continent german geographical european chaircommunity judaism jew religion language studies education linguistichuman western europe GERMAN LANGUAGE [German language] member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/G/Germanla.asp   (1585 words)      Learn more about German language in the online encyclopedia. The High German dialects spoken by Ashkenazi Jews have several unique features, and are usually considered the separate language Yiddish. The Low German dialects, or Low Saxon as they are sometimes known more precisely, are more closely related to Lower Franconian languages like Dutch than to the High German dialects, and from a linguist's perspective are not part of the German language proper. German is the only official language in Germany, Liechtenstein and Austria ; it shares official status in Belgium (with French and Dutch), Italy (with Italian, French and Slovenian), Switzerland (with French, Italian and Romansh), Luxembourg (with French and Luxembourgish). http://www.onlineencyclopedia.org/g/ge/german_language.html   (1585 words)      BrŠndle: Globalisation through English and its impact on multilingual Switzerland Although the German Swiss watch much German TV they do not as a people identify closely with their powerful northern neighbour, a fact revealed by the ubiquitous usage of Swiss Dialect operating in a diglossic relationship with standard German. The most widely spoken language, Swiss Dialect, is also prevented from achieving lingua franca status as it stands in a diglossic relationship with standard German and it is primarily utilised as a spoken vehicle in informal situations. The speakers of French and Italian as well as the Romansh people view themselves as minorities vis-ˆ-vis the German Swiss majority. http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/langcent/alaa/proceed/brandle.html   (3695 words)      www.blextech.com - Free International info, World News German language alphabet Many commentators have noted that in order to murder their victims, the Nazis had to murder the German language first, associated as it was with high culture, rationality, and philosophical thought. German Mondays: The German Club meets from 12-1pm in the Language Lab. Words to make their way into the English language are a result of the contact between the Romans and the German The Celtic words adopted into the OE language were. http://www.blextech.com/content/chapter72.html   (15222 words)      German language - Wikipedia The High German dialects spoken by Ashkenazi Jews (mostly in the former Soviet Union) have several unique features, and are usually considered as a separate language, Yiddish. German is a member of the western branch of the Germanic family of languages, which in turn is part of the Indo-European language family. German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the world's major languages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language   (15222 words)      Belgium The Kingdom of Belgium (French: Royaume de Belgique, Flemish: Koninkrijk België, German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in Western Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea. It has Flemish), mainly in the north, French speakers, mainly in the south (the Walloons) but also in the center (in and around the capital Brussels), and a small number of German speakers in the east. Apart from the Federal Government there is a subdivision according to language into Communities, with the French(-speaking) Community, the Dutch(-speaking) Community and the German-speaking Community, and another subdivision into Regions: the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/B/Belgium.htm   (3254 words)      Slovincian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Following its forced Christianization (Northern Crusade, the Western Pomeranian ruling classes gradually became more and more Germanized. Slovincian died out as the everyday language of the community and had been replaced by Low German by the turn of the 20th century. The ownership rights to property of German citizens had been taken over by the state, unless they proved the rights to naturalise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovincian   (524 words)      German American Contributions to Mainstream Culture The German language in North America lost significant ground as a "heritage language" during World War I, when speaking German in public was prohibited and German church and civic groups were asked not to use German. However, the term "German" in this context does not relate to nationality and state boundaries, but to the common bonds of ethnicity, language and culture found in, and coming from, the German-speaking countries and areas of Europe. To find out the German spelling of a name, including their own, students need to look for documents in their families which show how the names were spelled some generations ago. http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/kade/nameword/nameword.html   (2287 words)      Articles - Germany The German language was once the lingua franca of central, eastern and northern Europe, and in Europe it is the second most popular language after English. That year, the German Communist Party was established, and in January 1919 the German Workers Party, later known as the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers Party, NSDAP). As of 2005, the CDU is predicted to win the German federal election, 2005 with candidate Angela Merkel and it has been speculated she will cancel the phase-out (compare [1]). http://www.centralairconditioners.net/articles/Germany   (5159 words)      Germany information: Language I've had good experiences renting from the German Language Video Center (see Audio / Video Tapes.) They also sell documentaries from Deutsche Welle TV for US$16.95, which I think is the same price Deutsche Welle sells them for. The German deutsch or (ancient) teutsch, has developed through history in several stages, referring first to the language, then to the people and finally to the territory. It stems from the old German word thiutisk or theudisk, which the West Franks used since the 9th Century to refer to their language, the common language, as opposed to the educated language Latin. http://www.watzmann.net/scg/faq-7.html   (1751 words)      German - Course Documentation GM1512/2507 (excerpt from Mark Twain, 'The Awful German Language') Stevenson, Patrick (ed.) The German language and the real world: sociolinguistic, cultural and pragmatic perspectives on contemporary German. Lecture One: History of the German Language I: Tracing the Origins http://www.abdn.ac.uk/german/course_documentation/gm1512/gm1512_2507_2509.hti   (249 words)      German: Introduction - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks Over 120 million people speak German as their native language. This textbook is intended as a beginning course in the German language for English speakers. German (Deutsch) is a member of the western group of the Germanic languages. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/German:_Introduction   (1995 words)      ninemsn Encarta - German Language German Language, language of the German people and other peoples akin to or at one time politically united with the Germans. Low German consists of (1) Frisian, spoken in the Netherlands, the North Sea coast of Germany, and the Frisian Islands; (2) Low Saxon (often called Low German or Plattdeutsch), spoken in the eastern Netherlands (where it is called Nedersaksisch) and northern Germany. The diversity of the German dialects (some of which are so diverse they are indeed languages) means that German speakers are often bilingual in their local dialect and Standard German, which acts as a lingua franca. http://au.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567950/German_Language.html   (1995 words)      Syllabus for German Immigrant Culture in America: Lesson 4 In many cases groups of German immigrants settled in such a way as to establish speech islands characterized by a distinct local dialect. This distinction is clearly reflected in the German speech islands found in North America. Another significant German speech island in the U.S. is Texas German. http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/kade/merrill/lesson4.html   (1120 words)      UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN GR1001 German language (3 hrs class, 1 hr private study all year) GR2000 SF GERMAN LANGUAGE (3 hrs per week = 2 hrs class and 1 hr private study MT, HT, TT) NB A fail in the Language Fluency/Business German components cannot be compensated by a pass in the Area Studies component. http://www.tcd.ie/Germanic_Studies/localpages/bsg/texts/course/bsghandbook03.htm   (1120 words)      Articles - Germanisation Germanisation policies of Kingdom of Prussia, Imperial Germany, Austria-Hungary and Nazi Germany were aimed to expand the German language and culture in areas populated by non-Germans. Germanisation is defined as either the spread of the German language and culture, or the adaptation of a word to the German language in linguistics. Other means included Prussian deportations 1888: deportation of non-Prussian nationals living in Prussia for longer times (mostly Poles and Jews) and the ban on building houses by non-Germans (see Drzymała's van). http://www.lastring.com/articles/Germanisation   (567 words)      Ladino language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The relationship of Ladino to Castilian Spanish is comparable to that of Yiddish to German. Despite a major fire, economic oppression by Greek authorities, and mass settlement of Greek-speaking refugees, the language remained widely spoken in Salonika until the death of 49,000 Salonikan Jews in the Holocaust during the Second World War. The name 'Dzhudezmo' is used by Jewish linguists, 'Judeo-Espanyol' by Turkish Jews; 'Judeo-Spanish' by Romance philologists; 'Ladino' by laymen, especially in Israel; 'Hakitia' by Moroccan Jews; 'Spanyol' by some others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladino_language   (1869 words)      GERMAN WAYS: Links to Our Past and Present World wide web links for online German language newspapers, magazines, monthly, quarterlies, and other publications. And books and language tutorial software for learning the German Language. This site, German Ways is intended as one of your links to the World of the Germans, German speaking peoples, and of our ways. http://www.germanways.com   (1869 words)

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