German (Germany: German; ; English: German), belonging to the West Germanic branch of the Germanic family of Indo-European languages, is the official language of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Luxemburg and Porzano, Italy, and is written in Latin letters.

The development of history

The word German first appeared in the early Middle Ages. Its root comes from the Germanic word "thioda", which means the language used by ordinary people and civilians. On the contrary, the upper class of Franks generally used "Frankish Latin" at that time, which later evolved into French. At that time, German was not a unified language, but a general term for many local dialects.