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Hauptmann Englande is a character from [[Marvel Comics]] and a character in the [[Captain Britain]] comics.
A '''national language''' is a [[language]] (or [[variety (linguistics)|language variant]], i.e. [[dialect]]) which uniquely represents the [[national identity]] of a [[nation]] and/or [[country]]. Though distinct from an [[official language]], which is used for [[politics|political]] and [[law|legal]] [[discourse]] and so designated by a [[country]]'s [[government]], national languages are often also official languages simultaneously, even when possessing little or no government recognition.
Although some countries claim to have more than one national language, the actual national language will be the language spoken by the majority of people from within that countries borders.
Translated from German to mean ''Captain Englishman'' (Possibly a reference to fellow superhero [[Captain England]]), Hauptmann Englande is a representative for an alternate Earth called ''Earth 597'' for the [[Captain Britain Corps]].
==Official versus national languages==
The national languages of [[stateless nation]]s are often not official languages in any country. Some have no government recognition, while others may enjoy a high degree of official recognition. Some examples of national languages that are not official languages include [[Aromanian language|Aromanian]], [[Cherokee language|Cherokee]], and [[Navajo language|Navajo]] (and other living [[Native American languages]]).
Certain languages may enjoy government recognition or even status as [[official languages]] in some countries while not in others.
Earth 597 is an alternate Earth where the Nazis have won the Second World War, and Hauptmann Englande is the leader of the Lightning Squad, his worlds' equivalent of ''[[Excalibur]]''.
==Examples==
A Celtic language [[Irish Gaelic]] is recognized as the national and also as one of the two official languages of [[Ireland]], and is spoken by about a third of the population ( 1.5 million people).
A [[Filipino language]] which is based on [[Tagalog]], is according to the 1987 Constitution of the [[Philippines]] recognized as an official language (English is also recognized).
More than 170 languages are spoken in the Philippines and almost all of them belong to the Western Malayo-Polynesian language group of the Austronesian language family.
In [[China]], plenty of [[Chinese spoken languages|spoken variants]] have been existing in different parts of the country. After the [[Republic of China]] was established by the [[Kuomintang]] after the [[Xinhai Revolution|1911 Revolution]], in order to promote a sense of national unity and enhance the efficiency of communications within the nation, the Government of the Republic of China decided to designate a national language. The [[Beijing dialect]] of [[Mandarin (linguistics)|Mandarin]] and [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] were the most popular options, and the Beijing dialect turned out to be the national language, given the name "國語" in [[Chinese language|Chinese]] ([[Pinyin]]: Guóyǔ, ''lit.'' national language, commonly known as "Standard Mandarin" in English). In the beginning there were attempts to introduce elements from other Chinese spoken variants into the national language, in addition to those existing in Beijing dialect. But this was deemed too difficult, and was abandoned in 1924. Since then the Beijing dialect became the major source of standard national pronunciations, due to its prestigious status in the preceding [[Qing Dynasty]]. Elements from other dialects continue to exist in the standard language. After the [[Chinese Civil War]] in 1949, the [[communist]] [[People's Republic of China]] was established. The [[Kuomintang|nationalist]] regime of the [[Republic of China]] retreated to the island of[[Taiwan]] and maintained the same policy. On the other hand, the People's Republic of China, which administers [[mainland China]], continued the effort, and renamed the national language that is largely based on the Beijing dialect as "普通話" (Pinyin: pǔtōnghuà, ''lit.'' ordinary speech) in Chinese.
<br>(For more details on the national language of China, please read [[Standard Mandarin]] and [[History of Standard Mandarin]].)
In [[Singapore]], the [[Malay language]] is the national and official language, although it is the first language of the [[Malay people|Malays]] who make up only 12.4% of the total population of 4.24 million. Three other languages enjoy official status, including [[English language|English]], which is the language of business and governance and the medium of instruction in national schools; [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin Chinese]], which is spoken by the majority of the population, and [[Tamil language|Tamil]].
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