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Although German is usually cited as an outstanding example of a highly inflected language, the degree of inflection is considerably less than in Old German or in other old Indo-European languages such as Latin, Ancient Greek, or Sanskrit, or, for instance, in modern Icelandic or Russian. The three genders have collapsed in the plural, which now behaves, grammatically, somewhat as a fourth gender.

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Any comment on the international standing of German language?

Hello everybody I come from Hong Kong and I am doing an assignment about the international standing of German language. What do u think about the strength of the language internationally and regionally(East/West Europe)? What is the future of the language?
And also Does the spelling reform in 1996 make more confusions to foreigner who want to learn the language?

any reasonable comment will be appreciated. Thank you!
So apart from the spelling reform
how about the international standing?
Does German get good position in the present and even in the future internationally?

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