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Weser–Rhine Germanic, or Istvaeonic. Elbe Germanic, or Irminonic. East Germanic †. Weser–Rhine Germanic is a proposed group of prehistoric West Germanic dialects, which includes both Central German dialects and Low Franconian, the ancestor of 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. Additionally, several creoles, patois, and pidgins are based on Dutch, English, or German.
Weser-Rhine Germanic (Istvaeonic, paraardhës të vjetër Frankish, pasardhësit e saj Franconian ulët dhe disa dialekte të Vjetër të Lartë Gjermanisht) Elbe Germanic (Irminonic, paraardhës në disa dialekte të Vjetër të Lartë Gjermane, ndoshta duke përfshirë edhe gjuhën e zhdukur Langobardic).
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.
North Sea Germanic. North Sea Germanic, also known as Ingvaeonic ( / ˌɪŋviːˈɒnɪk / ING-vee-ON-ik ), [2] is a postulated grouping of the northern West Germanic languages that consists of Old Frisian, Old English, and Old Saxon, and their descendants. Ingvaeonic is named after the Ingaevones, a West Germanic cultural group or proto-tribe ...
North Sea Germanic, or Ingvaeonic. Weser-Rhine Germanic, or Istvaeonic. Elbe Germanic or Irminonic. East Germanic. 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.
Weser-Rhine Germanic is a proposed group of prehistoric West Germanic dialects which would have been both directly ancestral to Dutch, as well as being a notable substratum influencing West Central German dialects. The term was introduced by the German linguist Friedrich Maurer as a replacement for.
