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English is by far the most-spoken West Germanic language, with more than 1 billion speakers worldwide. 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.
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North Sea Germanic, also known as Ingvaeonic (/ ˌ ɪ ŋ v iː ˈ...
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- North Sea Germanic
The West Germanic Languages are a branch of Germanic languages first spoken in Central Europe and the British Isles. The branch has three parts: the North Sea Germanic languages, the Weser-Rhine Germanic languages, and the Elbe Germanic languages. The most spoken languages in the branch are English, German, and Dutch.
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All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia and Germany. 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
Today, the Germanic languages are spoken by around 515 million people as a first language. [1] English is the most spoken Germanic language, with 360-400 million native speakers. [2] The Germanic languages are the East Germanic languages (all extinct ), the North Germanic languages, and the West Germanic languages.
German language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Contents. hide. Beginning. Dialects. German numbers. References. Other websites. German language. From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. German (German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language.
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. North Sea Germanic, also known as Ingvaeonic / ˌɪŋviːˈɒnɪk /, is a group of West Germanic languages that were first spoken in what is now northern Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark. They were also spread to the British Isles in the Migration Period.