Languages of Germany

36 languages of the index are spoken in Germany; 1 has official status (German). The country has about 83.5 m inhabitants (2025).

36 languages8 endangered or dormantEuropeISO DE / DEU

Official languages

deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · National

All languages spoken in Germany

Language	ISO	Family	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
deuGermanDeutsch	`deu`	Indo-European	+9	135 m	1 · National
romRomaniRomani chib	`rom`	Indo-European	+13	46 m	Definitely endangered
azeAzerbaijaniAzərbaycan dili	`aze`	Turkic	+13	35 m	Safe
nldDutchNederlands	`nld`	Indo-European	+6	23.1 m	1 · National
barBavarianBoarisch	`bar`	Indo-European		14.1 m	5 · Developing
kazKazakhқазақ тілі	`kaz`	Turkic	+9	13.2 m	1 · National
gswAlemannicAlemannisch	`gsw`	Indo-European	+4	10 m	5 · Developing
hyeArmenianհայերեն	`hye`	Indo-European	+20	6.7 m	1 · National
danDanishdansk	`dan`	East Scandinavian	+1	5.5 m	1 · National
ndsLow GermanPlattdütsch	`nds`	Indo-European		5 m	7 · Shifting
slvSloveneslovenski jezik	`slv`	Indo-European	+7	2.4 m	1 · National
sxuUpper Saxon	`sxu`	—		2 m	6a · Vigorous
zzaZazaki	`zza`	Indo-European		1.6 m	Vulnerable
limLimburgishLimburgs	`lim`	Indo-European		1.6 m	2 · Provincial
kbdKabardianКъэбэрдей	`kbd`	North Caucasian	+4	1.6 m	5 · Developing
srdSardiniansardu	`srd`	Indo-European	+2	1.3 m	Definitely endangered
yidYiddishיידיש	`yid`	Indo-European	+26	1 m	Definitely endangered
pflPalatinate GermanPälzisch	`pfl`	Indo-European		1 m	6a · Vigorous
swgSwabianSchwäbisch	`swg`	Indo-European		820,000	5 · Developing
rmyVlax RomaniRomani	`rmy`	Indo-European	+23	538,480	6b · Threatened
ltzLuxembourgishLëtzebuergesch	`ltz`	—	+1	470,200	4 · Educational
frsEast Frisian Low Saxon	`frs`	Indo-European		200,000	7 · Shifting
jdtJudeo-Tat	`jdt`	Indo-European	+3	106,000	6b · Threatened
sliSilesian Germanschläsche Sproache	`sli`	Indo-European		22,900	6a · Vigorous
yecYenish	`yec`	Indo-European	+1	16,000	6a · Vigorous
hsbUpper SorbianHornjoserbšćina	`hsb`	Indo-European		13,300	4 · Educational
frrNorth FrisianNuurdfresk	`frr`	Indo-European		10,000	7 · Shifting
dsbLower Sorbiandolnoserbšćina	`dsb`	Indo-European		6,670	8a · Moribund
stqSaterland FrisianSeeltersk	`stq`	Indo-European		1,000	7 · Shifting
volVolapükVolapük nulik	`vol`	—		20
poxPolabianWenske	`pox`	Indo-European			10 · Extinct
kshKölsch	`ksh`	Indo-European
gsgGerman Sign LanguageM518x518S10010493x459S2ff00482x483S20500478x475 M581x524S15d09420x476S15d21446x477S2ef00455x504S15d09507x485S15d02519x486S20e00550x493S26506566x493 M542x525S16d10497x476S16d18479x484S27100502x501S27114458x510	`gsg`	—
odtOld Dutch	`odt`	Indo-European
wepWestphalian	`wep`	Indo-European			6a · Vigorous
vmfMain-FranconianMainfränkisch	`vmf`	Indo-European			6a · Vigorous

36 languages · click a column to sort · source: Wikidata