Can you name the countries where German is a recognized language? by 07bargem

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German Speaking Countries Quiz

by 07bargem

Created Dec 1, 2009 in Geography
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	Norway91:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 09:04 GMT	9 points
	Fun quiz. Kazakhstan was a surprise however

	bton624:	Feb 11th, 2010 at 15:27 GMT	8 points
	shocked at kazakhstan. surprised that czech republic, france were not on the list.

	Hermes76:	Mar 30th, 2010 at 09:16 GMT	7 points
	There are a whole lot of ethnic Germans from the Ukraine resettled there by Stalin in the 1930s and 1940s, many stayed as they couldn't move, although many of them have gone to Israel, USA and Germany now communism is dead.

	RS89:	Apr 14th, 2010 at 08:25 GMT	8 points
	Source?

	WCRoentgen:	Apr 14th, 2010 at 11:11 GMT	8 points
	Surprised Argentina is missing.

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	princessofb:	Apr 14th, 2010 at 13:08 GMT	1 point
	I enjoyed this quiz although as above, Kazakhstan really surprised me. I was expecting to find at least one African country on the list. The quiz certainly would be better with a source listed.

	fakerli:	Apr 14th, 2010 at 13:23 GMT	-2 points
	No Luxembourg? About 500.000 people live there and basically everyone speaks german or a german dialect.

	Inyro:	Apr 14th, 2010 at 13:32 GMT	1 point
	Brazil? I was surprised CZ wasn't on there, honestly.

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	plonk:	Apr 14th, 2010 at 16:31 GMT	-2 points
	bad quizz.

	universallove:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 03:49 GMT	1 point
	Source??

	johnlk:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 04:52 GMT	0 points
	You might add Belgium and Liechtenstein as bonus answers - German is official in the latter and in several districts of the former, although obviously not enough Germans to be on the quiz otherwise. All the German-speakers got expelled from the Czech Republic (and Poland, and Latvia, and Estonia, and Romania, and Yugoslavia, and Hungary) after World War II.

	giga:	Apr 16th, 2010 at 05:06 GMT	1 point
	When I was down to the last blank, I was trying so many countries...and then I was like heck try Kazakhstan since it's Sporcle. Kazakhstan strikes again!

	citizen_cam:	Apr 16th, 2010 at 05:49 GMT	-1 points
	Liectenstein

	Patricio:	Apr 18th, 2010 at 00:09 GMT	0 points
	Wikipedia: The ethnic Kazakhs represent 63.6% of the population and ethnic Russians 23.3%,[1] with a rich array of other groups represented, including Tatars (12.2%), Ukrainians (2.0%), Uzbeks (2.9%), Belarusians, Uyghurs (1.4%), Azerbaijanis, Poles[36], and Lithuanians. Some minorities such as Germans (1.1%) (Germans who had previously settled in Russia, especially Volga Germans), Ukrainians, Koreans, Kurds, Chechens.

	Spelvout:	May 12th, 2010 at 16:19 GMT	1 point
	You've got to be kidding right? Only 8 million German speakers in Germany itself?

	07insleya:	Jun 18th, 2010 at 15:24 GMT	0 points
	Hello Michael - I go to your school.

	07insleya:	Jun 18th, 2010 at 15:24 GMT	0 points
	Its Aaron

	07insleya:	Jun 18th, 2010 at 15:27 GMT	-2 points
	Im Awesome

	zeppelinoid:	Jul 23rd, 2010 at 16:01 GMT	0 points
	Kazakhstan was not accepted as an answer and is no longer appearing on the list of most missed. The total for Germany seems to have omitted a zero. These figures seem to be native born German speakers. There are over a quarter of a million Germans living in the UK and I would imaging a few hundred thousand others that can speak German. I am sure that this would be true for several other countries (e.g. the US).

	stevepombo:	Dec 1st, 2010 at 23:45 GMT	4 points
	Germany has 8 million German speakers??? That's where I stop to play... ts

	british:	Jun 13th, 2011 at 21:37 GMT	1 point
	italy: official language(s): ITALIAN. german? nope. italy should be switched to minority because it does have german as a regional language, not official though.

	SaulTaylor:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 14:19 GMT	2 points
	Who are the 0.3% who forgot Germany?

	brazilianmaster:	Sep 12th, 2011 at 20:09 GMT	0 points
	Italy?? Since when German is official language in Italy? What's your source?

	accura:	Dec 25th, 2011 at 21:58 GMT	0 points
	italy is defintely wrong!!! yes it is bordering Switzerland, but even in this part of Switzerland Italina is the official and spoken language... I have never met an Italian who speaks German as native language...

	Dralcoffin:	Mar 20th, 2012 at 04:28 GMT	2 points
	Italy is due to the Trentino-Sudtirol region having German as an official (and the majority) language.

	professor88:	Mar 20th, 2012 at 07:28 GMT	1 point
	France has a German speaking minority (actually the largest in Europe) but it doesn't recognize any minority language. Ironically the "Parisian" French was a minority language itself untill the 18th. century...

	javonzir:	Mar 20th, 2012 at 19:47 GMT	0 points
	Out of interest should the US be an answer As, despite its name, Pennsylvania Dutch is derived from German.

	schumigt:	Mar 23rd, 2012 at 02:45 GMT	1 point
	Netherlands are missing as minority