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German is the most widely used mother tongue in the European Union. Around 16 percent of all Europeans speak German as their first language.
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German is the most widely used mother tongue in the European Union. Around 16 percent of all Europeans speak German as their first language.
German (this including all of the dialects, not just High German) is a West Germanic language of Indo-European descent.
There is no such language as "African" just as there is no such language as "European" or "Asian". There are many African languages including Arabic, Swahili, English, and French.
Since there are about 100 million people speaking German as first language, it is about 1.5 % of the world's population. Including the people speaking German as second language make it double.
The four major Indo-European language branches are the Indo-Iranian branch (including languages like Hindi, Bengali, Persian), the Romance branch (including languages like Spanish, French, Italian), the Germanic branch (including languages like English, German, Dutch), and the Slavic branch (including languages like Russian, Polish, Czech).
It bears a resemblence to Indo-European language, an ancient language which is considered to be a mother-language for all the contemporary European languages. It is strongly believed, that Lithuanian language has the highest amount of connections to the Indo-European language from all the European languages
The word Indo-European refers to anybody who speaks an Indo-European language, and more broadly, anything connected to them. The Indo-European languages make up a family of related languages which are thought to be descended from a common ancestral language called Proto-Indo-European. There are about 11 major language families in the Indo-European family and they are: the Anatolian dialects (including Hittite) these are extinct; the Indo-Iranian language family including Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi and other languages of India as well as Avestan, Persian, Farsi and related dialects; Greek; Latin and the Romance languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian); the Celtic languages including Welsh and Gaelic; the Germanic languages including English, German and the Scandinavian languages; Slavic languages including Russian; Baltic languages including Lithuanian and Latvian; Albanian and the Paleo-Balkan dialects (the last being extinct); Armenian; and finally Tokharian which is extinct. Many people believe that Indo-European also applies to a race or genetic group of people but it does not. People of any genetic group can speak any language.
The word Indo-European refers to anybody who speaks an Indo-European language, and more broadly, anything connected to them. The Indo-European languages make up a family of related languages which are thought to be descended from a common ancestral language called Proto-Indo-European. There are about 11 major language families in the Indo-European family and they are: the Anatolian dialects (including Hittite) these are extinct; the Indo-Iranian language family including Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi and other languages of India as well as Avestan, Persian, Farsi and related dialects; Greek; Latin and the Romance languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian); the Celtic languages including Welsh and Gaelic; the Germanic languages including English, German and the Scandinavian languages; Slavic languages including Russian; Baltic languages including Lithuanian and Latvian; Albanian and the Paleo-Balkan dialects (the last being extinct); Armenian; and finally Tokharian which is extinct. Many people believe that Indo-European also applies to a race or genetic group of people but it does not. People of any genetic group can speak any language.
Yes, Russian is an Indo-European language. It belongs to the East Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family.