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West Germanic languages, group of Germanic languages that developed in the region of the North Sea, Rhine-Weser, and Elbe. Out of the many local West Germanic dialects the following six modern standard languages have arisen: English, Frisian, Dutch ( Netherlandic -Flemish), Afrikaans, German, and Yiddish.
Within Europe, the three most prevalent West Germanic languages are English, German, and Dutch. Frisian, spoken by about 450,000 people, constitutes a fourth distinct variety of West Germanic. The language family also includes Afrikaans, Yiddish, Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Scots.
- 52-AB & 52-AC
The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch, with 24 million native speakers.
- 52- (phylozone)
- Proto-Germanic
- Indo-EuropeanGermanic
Germanic Languages Click on a language area to see each language's description, or choose from the list below. Germanic languages: Eastern: Western: Northern: Gothic* Old High German* Old Scandinavian (Old Norse)* Other East Germanic Dialects* Old Low Ger ...
Summary. The continental West Germanic dialect continuum roughly encompasses the territory of modern-day Germany, Austria, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, the Netherlands, the northern half of Belgium (Flanders), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and South Tyrol, in northern Italy.
There are three branches of West Germanic languages: North Sea Germanic / Ingvaeonic languages. Anglo-Frisian languages. English Languages/Anglic. Scots. Yola (extinct) Fingalian (extinct) Frisian languages. West Frisian. East Frisian. North Frisian. Low German / Low Saxon. Northern Low Saxon. Schleswig dialects. Holstein dialects. Westphalian.
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