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1. de.wikipedia.org › wiki › Westgermanische_SprachenWestgermanische Sprachen – Wikipedia

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   Westgermanische Sprachen. Westgermanische Sprachen sind eine Untergruppe der germanischen Sprachen, welche unter anderem Englisch, Hochdeutsch, Niederländisch, Afrikaans, Niederdeutsch, Friesisch und Jiddisch umfasst. Eine ausführliche Liste der Einzelsprachen findet sich am Ende dieses Artikels .

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › West_Germanic_languagesWest Germanic languages - Wikipedia

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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. The language family also includes Afrikaans ...

4. www.britannica.com › topic › West-Germanic-languagesWest Germanic languages | Definition, Map, Countries, Tree ...

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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.

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   What is a West Germanic language?

   • 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.

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   When did the Germanic language split into West and North Germanic?

   • Until the late 2nd century AD, the language of runic inscriptions found in Scandinavia and in Northern Germany were so similar that Proto-North-Germanic and the Western dialects in the south were still part of one language ("Proto-Northwest-Germanic"). Sometime after that, the split into West and North Germanic occurred.

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   Are east and West Germanic mutually intelligible?

   • As a result of the substantial progress in the study of Proto-West Germanic in the early 21st century, there is a growing consensus that East and West Germanic indeed would have been mutually unintelligible at that time, whereas West and North Germanic remained partially intelligible.

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   Did the lowering of occur first in West Germanic?

   • There is also evidence that the lowering of ē to ā occurred first in West Germanic and spread to North Germanic later since word-final ē was lowered before it was shortened in West Germanic, but in North Germanic the shortening occurred first, resulting in e that later merged with i.

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6. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › West_Germanic_languagesWest Germanic languages - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...

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   English. Frisian. Dutch. Low German. High German. Dots indicate areas where multilingualism is common. 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.

7. commons.wikimedia.org › wiki › Category:WestCategory:West Germanic languages - Wikimedia Commons

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   Media in category "West Germanic languages". The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Germanictree.PNG 914 × 565; 29 KB. Letter-frequency West-Germanic.png 1,742 × 964; 223 KB.

8. www.britannica.com › topic › West-Germanic-languagesWest Germanic languages - Germanic, Indo-European, Dialects

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   William G. Moulton Anthony F. Buccini. West Germanic languages - Germanic, Indo-European, Dialects: German is spoken throughout a large area in central Europe, where it is the national language of Germany and of Austria and one of the three official languages of Switzerland (the others are French and Italian, and Romansh has a special status).

9. de.wikipedia.org › wiki › Germanische_SprachenGermanische Sprachen – Wikipedia

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   Die germanischen Sprachen sind ein Zweig der indogermanischen Sprachfamilie. [1] Sie umfassen etwa 15 Sprachen mit rund 500 Millionen Muttersprachlern, über 1,5 Milliarden einschließlich der Zweitsprecher. [2] Ein charakteristisches Phänomen aller germanischen Sprachen gegenüber den anderen indogermanischen Sprachen sind die Veränderungen ...