German

{{Infobox Language
 * name=German
 * nativename=Deutsch
 * familycolor=Indo-European
 * pronunciation=/dɔɪtʃ/
 * region=Western Europe
 * speakers=Native speakers: 110 million Second language: 120 million
 * rank=11
 * fam1=Indo-European languages|Indo-European
 * fam2=Germanic languages|Germanic
 * fam3=West Germanic languages|West Germanic

German is a member of the West Germanic languages of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. Spoken by more than 120 million people in 38 countries of the world, German is — like English and French — a pluricentric language with Germany, Austria and Switzerland as the three main centers of usage.