German

• Alternate names: Deutsch, Tedesco Also: in Italy -- Tedesco
• Scriptures published: Bible (1466--2004) New Testament (1522--1983) Portions (1522--1987)
• Literacy: Taught in primary schools. Y
• Primary country: Germany
• Also used in: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Mozambique, Namibia, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
• Religion: Christian
• Status: Statutory national language in Austria; Statutory provincial language in Belgium; Statutory language of provincial identity in Denmark; De facto national language in Germany; Language of recognized nationality in Hungary; Statutory provincial language in Italy; Recognized language in Kazakhstan; Statutory national language in Liechtenstein; Statutory national working language in Luxembourg; Statutory provincial language in Poland; Statutory language of national identity in Romania; Language of recognized nationality in Slovenia; Statutory national language in Switzerland
• Number of users: 83,812,810 (75,300,000 in Germany (1990); 225,000 in Italy (Vincent 1987))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Watch The JESUS Film in German
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in German
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in German on the web
• Joshua Project: German — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for German — detailed linguistic information.