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    49.4882; 8.4720 The Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS; German: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache) in Mannheim, Germany, is a linguistic...
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    German (Standard High German: Deutsch, pronounced [dɔɪtʃ] ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely...
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    to the Department of Defense, other federal agencies and numerous customers around the world. The Defense Language Institute is responsible for the Defense...
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  • Schriftdeutsch), is the umbrella term for the standardized varieties of the German language, which are used in formal contexts and for communication between...
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    the German Institute for Standardisation) is the German national organization for standardization and is the German ISO member body. DIN is a German Registered...
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    In the 21st century, German dialects are dying out as Standard German gains primacy. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called...
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    Yiddish (redirect from Judaeo-German)
     'Judeo-German') is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originates from 9th century: 2  Central Europe, providing the nascent...
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    German and published German newspapers, of which one existed until 1937. From the middle of the 19th century, English was used as a second language in...
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    German Sign Language or Deutsche Gebärdensprache (DGS), is the sign language of the deaf community in Germany, Luxembourg and in the German-speaking community...
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    cultural association operational worldwide with 159 institutes, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange...
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  • Iran with the national mission of developing foreign language learning. It is a subsidiary of Institute for the Intellectual Development. The headquarters...
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    joined by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Germany portal Language portal German orthography Dittrich, Monika (July 2016). "German Spelling...
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    Slovenia, and Sweden. German as a foreign language is promoted by the Goethe Institute, which works to promote German language and culture worldwide....
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  • The German Archaeological Institute (German: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, DAI) is a research institute in the field of archaeology (and other related...
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  • The German Historical Institutes (GHI), German: Deutsche Historische Institute, (DHI) are six independent academic research institutes of the Max Weber...
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    Ukraine nearer to the south. Recruited as immigrants to Russia in the 18th century, they were allowed to maintain their German culture, language, traditions...
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    self-identifying as German alone or in combination with another ancestry. This includes 15,447,670 who chose German alone. According to the Academy for Cultural...
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  • German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present...
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    Chinese as a foreign language. It used to be the only institute of this kind in China. After the push for higher education starting in the 90s, nowadays many...
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  • The Icelandic Language Institute (Íslensk málstöð), founded in 1985, was responsible for the planning and preservation of the Icelandic language. The...
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    The Kingdom of Belgium has three official languages: Dutch (Flemish), French, and German. A number of non-official, minority languages and dialects are...
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    is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect. For example, Chinese...
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    of Danish and Norwegian. Conversely, many commonly accepted languages, including German, Italian and even English encompass varieties that are not mutually...
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  • speakers of the German language. The constitution of Germany, implemented in 1949 following the end of World War II, defines a German as a German citizen...
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    its Institute for the Ukrainian Language), and Potebnia Institute of Linguistics. Comparisons are often drawn to Russian, another East Slavic language, but...
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    Scandinavian languages (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) and is more distinct from the most widely spoken Germanic languages, English and German. The written...
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    brought West German auteur cinema to critical acclaim. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ("Oscar") went to the German production The Tin Drum...
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    translated as Institute for Sexual Research, Institute of Sexology, Institute for Sexology, or Institute for the Science of Sexuality. The Institute was a non-profit...
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  • written German. It was first created in 1964 and is hosted at the Institute for the German Language (Leibniz Institute for the German Language, abbr. :...
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    of the Federal Statistical Office Germany (in English) German demographics in Online-Databank HISTAT (in German, Registration needed) Dossier "The Aging...
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