Languages of Germany

Languages of Germany
Official	German (95%)
Regional	German dialects, Limburgish, Danish, Sorbian, Frisian, Romani, Low German
Immigrant	Kurdish, Turkish, Portuguese, Arabic, Albanian, Russian, Polish, Hausa, Serbo-Croatian, Dutch, Italian, Greek, Romanian, Tamil, Hindustani, Spanish, and others
Foreign	English (56%)[1] French (14%)
Signed	German Sign Language
Keyboard layout	QWERTZ
Source	ebs_243_en.pdf (europa.eu)

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The official language of Germany is German,^[2] with over 95 percent of the country speaking Standard German or a dialect of German as their first language.^[3] This figure includes speakers of Northern Low Saxon, a recognized minority or regional language that is not considered separately from Standard German in statistics. Recognized minority languages have official status as well, usually in their respective regions.