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| dialect english = | | dialect english = | ||
| country = Germany, Switzerland, Austria | | country = Germany, Switzerland, Austria | ||
| nativecountry = Deutschland, | | nativecountry = Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich | ||
| universe = Real world | | universe = Real world | ||
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Revision as of 14:15, 1 June 2008
High German, or Hochdeutsch, is the name of the standard form of Modern German. It is a West Germanic and is related to Low German, Dutch, and Anglo-Saxon/Modern English. Today it is the official language of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.
| High German HochDeutsch | |
| Spoken in: | Germany, Switzerland, Austria (Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich) |
| Conworld: | Real world |
| Total speakers: | 105 million |
| Genealogical classification: | Indo-European
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| Basic word order: | SVO, OVS/V2 |
| Morphological type: | inflecting |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | nominative-accusative |
| Writing system: | |
| Created by: | |
| unknown | 1800-Present C.E. |
