The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: KOR
ISO 639-2: gem
| Population | 250,000 (1997 Holger Jakobs). |
| Region | Cologne (Köln) and surrounding areas. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, West Middle German, Ripuarian Franconian. |
| Comments | Nearly all use Standard German as second language. Used in theaters, literature, and an academy for teaching it. All ages. Literacy rate in second language: 99%. Christian. Bible portions 1992. |
