International Speaker Numbers according to EGIDS (Ethnologue / Glottolog)

Overall Speaker Number	Source
395 000	/

International Speaker Numbers according to UNESCO

Overall Speaker Number	Source
Site under maintenance (will be updated)	https://en.wal.unesco.org/world-atlas-languages

International Speaker Numbers according to ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project)

Overall Speaker Number	Source
Not listed	https://endangeredlanguages.com/

National Speaker Numbers

Country	Language	National Speaker Number	Bases for Calculation	Year	Source
Belgium	German Sign Language (DGS)	Not available	Not available	Not available
Germany	German Sign Language (DGS)	Approx. 250 000 (not a census)	Language used	2025
Luxembourg	German Sign Language (DGS)	Unknown	Sign Language Users	2018

International Endangerment according to UNESCO

Endangerment Level	Source
Site under maintenance (will be updated)	https://en.wal.unesco.org/world-atlas-languages

International Endangerment according to ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project)

Endangerment Level	Source
Not listed	https://endangeredlanguages.com/

National Endangerment according to EGIDS (Ethnologue / Glottolog)

Country	Language	Endangerment Level	Source
Belgium	German Sign Language (DGS)	Not listed
Germany	German Sign Language (DGS)	5 (Developing)
Luxembourg	German Sign Language (DGS)	6a* (Vigorous)

Official Language in

Belgium

Germany

Luxembourg