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Search GermanyStatistics 73% OF PEOPLE WITH IMMIGRANT BACKGROUNDS SPEAK GERMAN AT HOME, NEW REPORT SHOWS By Shkurta Januzi February 23, 2024 Share Facebook Twitter ReddIt Linkedin VK WhatsApp Email Viber © massonstock | Freepik MUST READ MEPS PROPOSE INCREASING WEIGHT OF ZERO-EMISSION TRUCKS & BUSES FOR CLIMATE TRANSITION SAFETY & AFFORDABILITY TOP PRIORITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLERS TO EUROPE IN 2024 GERMANY’S HAMBURG INTRODUCES €185 PAYMENT CARD FOR REFUGEES OVER 651,000 PEOPLE BECAME GERMAN CITIZENS WITHIN 5 YEARS TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF EINDHOVEN AIRPORT MEANS 17,000 FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS, TRAVEL INDUSTRY LEADERS WARN KEY TAKEAWAYS * Nearly a quarter of immigrants in Germany exclusively speak German at home, while over three-quarters maintain multilingualism within their households. * There is a higher proportion of direct descendants of immigrants speaking German at home compared to first-generation immigrants. * Turkish is the most commonly spoken language after German in households with immigrant backgrounds, followed by Russian, Arabic, Polish, English, and Romanian. German remains the primary language for communication within most households in Germany, yet a significant portion of individuals with an immigrant background maintain multilingualism within their homes, a new report by Destatis shows. - Advertisement - According to the data, which derive from the 2022 microcensus, published on the occasion of International Mother Language Day on February 21, approximately 20.2 million people with a history of immigration in Germany, nearly a quarter, exclusively spoke German at home in 2022. On the other hand, 54 per cent used at least one other language in addition to German to communicate with their family members, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports. > Another 23 per cent of people with an immigrant background only spoke one or > more languages other than German at home. > > Destatis DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS MORE LIKELY TO USE GERMAN AS THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE The microcensus has also shed light on a generational shift in language usage, with the data collected showing that almost three-quarters of immigrants who arrived in Germany after 1950 spoke German at home in 2022, another 27 per cent did not. On the other hand, over 90 per cent of their direct descendants spoke German at home. The languages topping the list of those used primarily at home instead of German are as follows: 1. Turkish – 14 per cent 2. Russian – 12 per cent 3. Arabic – 10 per cent 4. Polish – seven per cent 5. English – six per cent 6. Romanian – five per cent 79% OF ENTIRE POPULATION SPEAK ONLY GERMAN AT HOME In spite of the high rates of multilingualism at homes with immigrant origins, the majority of the German population as a whole speak only German at home, or 79 per cent. > In 2022, people with a history of immigration made up almost a quarter of the > population in private households in this country. Of these 83.1 million > people, almost 79 per cent spoke only German within their own four walls. > > Destatis Another 16 per cent used at least one other language at home in addition to German, in only a third of which German was the predominantly spoken language. German is one of the most famous languages in the world, with around 130 million people speaking German as their mother language or as a second language. 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