 The number of people fluent in German is unknown.German-speaking women around Maribor who are citizens of Slovenia have organized in the association "Kulturno društvo nemško govorečih žena »Mostovi« Maribor" ("Bridges").Gottscheerish or Granish is a Bavarian dialect of the German language and has been spoken in the Gottschee County around Kočevje (Gottschee) since 1330.