75,300,000 in Germany (1990). Population total all countries:
83,812,810. Also 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, 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. 1 (National). De facto national language. Major
related language areas are Bavarian [bar], Schwäbian [swg],
Alemannisch [gsw], Mainfränkisch [vmf], Hessisch, Palatinian,
Rheinfränkisch, Westfälisch [wep], Saxonian, Thuringian,
Brandenburgisch, and Low Saxon [nds]. Many varieties are not
mutually inherently intelligible. Our present treatment is
incomplete. Standard German is one High German variety,
developed from the chancery of Saxony, gaining acceptance as t