Rapture(11:30:52)
ah yep! just 3 german spoken country vs... umpteen european countries
mirrorbird(11:30:52)
german didn't spread very much outside of europe
mirrorbird(11:30:45)
yet germany never really "colonised", if you look at south america, they speak english, spanish, portuguese -- in africa it's often french
mirrorbird(11:30:22)
ah yeah if it's by number of speakers, not by number of countries, that will help you