The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people [nb 1] mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English, is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers.
- North Germanic Languages
The North Germanic languages make up one of the three...
- West Germanic Languages
The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the...
- Indo-European Languages
The Indo-European languages are a language family native to...
- List of Germanic Languages
The Germanic languages include some 58 (SIL estimate)...
- Proto-Germanic Language
This article or section should specify the language of its...
- East Germanic Languages
The East Germanic languages, also called the Oder–Vistula...
- Frisian Languages
The Frisian (/ ˈ f r iː ʒ ə n /, / ˈ f r ɪ z i ə n /)...
- Upper German
History. In the Old High German time, only Alemannic and...
- North Germanic Languages
Germanic languages 136 languages Afrikaans Alemannisch አማርኛ Anarâškielâ Ænglisc Аԥсшәа العربية Aragonés Arpetan Asturianu Azərbaycanca تۆرکجه বাংলা Bân-lâm-gú Беларуская Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български Boarisch Bosanski Brezhoneg Català Čeština Cymraeg Dansk Davvisámegiella Deitsch Deutsch Dolnoserbski Eesti Ελληνικά English Español Esperanto
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- Proto-Germanic
- Indo-EuropeanGermanic
- North Germanic, West Germanic, East Germanic (extinct)
On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Go to top. Contents move to sidebar Beginning 1 Dialects 2 German numbers 3 References 4 Other websites Toggle the table of contents Toggle the table of contents German language 255 languages Acèh Адыгэбзэ Адыгабзэ Afrikaans Alemannisch አማርኛ Anarâškielâ
- Indo-European, GermanicWest GermanicHigh GermanGerman
- Primarily German-speaking Europe, also in the worldwide German-speaking diaspora
- 90 million (2010) to 95 million (2014), L2 speakers: 10–15 million (2014)
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The Germanic languages include some 58 languages and dialects that originated in Europe; this language family is part of the Indo-European language family. Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages. The Germanic languages include some 58 languages and dialects that originated in Europe; this language family is part ...
Apr 26, 2022 · German language, alphabets and pronunciation German (Deutsch) Number of speakers Standard German (Hochdeutsch) has around 90 million native speakers, and other varieties of German have some 30 million. There are about 80 million people who speak German as a second language, and many others study it as a foreign language. Written German
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English, is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic, spoken ...