German language in Togo

German language in Togo
Spoken in	Togo
speaker	about 100,000
Linguistic classification	Indo-European languages Germanic languages West Germanic languages German

German cemetery in Aného

The German language in Togo is taught as a foreign language today.

Togo is a multilingual country. The official language is French . The national languages ​​are Ewe and Kabiyé. Around 100,000 people speak German as a foreign language in Togo.

Traces of the colonial era

Some Togoers have German surnames, such as B. the name Duke, which is widespread in Lomé . Localities still have German surnames, for example Garbadé in Wawa. Colonial buildings and objects from the German colonial era have been preserved in Togo , such as the Sacred Heart Cathedral Church in Lomé . In the German cemeteries that were laid out in Togo during the colonial period, inscriptions can still be seen on the graves. The country's rail infrastructure largely dates back to the German colonial era.

See also : Aného , Missahoe and Rail Transport in Togo

Togo Germans

With the conquest of Togo by the German Empire , Germans also emigrated there. In 1900, 16 years after the conquest of Togo, 102 Germans lived there. By 1912 the number of Togo Germans rose to 312 people. Because of the colonists settling in Togo, there were also an increasing number of children with Togolese-German parents.

Education in Togo

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From 1887 to the early stages of World War I , German was taught in the state, Protestant and Catholic schools in Togo. After France had conquered the country , the German language was banned until around 1960. After Togo gained state independence in 1960, German was introduced as a second foreign language in schools. In 2003 German was taught in 152 schools. Participation in German lessons is possible from upper secondary level and is usually 4 to 6 hours a week. More than 41% or 24,528 of the Togolese upper secondary school students learned German as a foreign language in 2003. In April 2014, 67,000 German learners were taught by 350 teachers. At the University of Lomé, German studies are taught in the areas of regional studies, literature and linguistics.

German-speaking clubs

Overview of the German-speaking associations and institutions in Togo:

• Goethe Institute Lomé
• DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service
• Lomé seaman's home

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