German

German is a West Germanic language, closely related to English and Dutch and spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers. German is one of the world's major languages spoken primarily in Germany (where it is the first language for more than 95% of the population)
Other European German-speaking communities are found in Northern Italy in the East Cantons of Belgium, in the French regions of Alsace and Lorraine, and in some border villages of the former South Jutland County in Denmark.
German-speaking communities can also be found in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia and Kazakhstan. German is also a spoken language in other countries including Egypt, Israel, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
The history of the language begins when Old High German dialects separated from Old Saxon. Old Saxon at this time belongs to the North Sea Germanic culture, and Low Saxon should fall under German rather than Anglo-Frisian influence during the Holy Roman Empire.
As Germany was divided into many different states, the only force working for a unification or standardization of German during a period of several hundred years was the general preference of writers trying to write in a way that could be understood in the largest possible area.

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