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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.
The West Germanic branch is classically subdivided into three branches: Ingvaeonic, which includes English and the Frisian languages; Istvaeonic, which encompasses Dutch and its close relatives; and Irminonic, which includes German and its close relatives and variants.
Jul 18, 2024 · 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.
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.
Die germanischen Sprachen sind ein Zweig der indogermanischen Sprachfamilie. Sie umfassen etwa 15 Sprachen mit rund 500 Millionen Muttersprachlern, über 1,5 Milliarden einschließlich der Zweitsprecher. Ein charakteristisches Phänomen aller germanischen Sprachen gegenüber den anderen indogermanischen Sprachen sind die Veränderungen im ...
Jul 18, 2024 · Three striking vowel changes are characteristic of this period. In the southeast, as early as the 12th century, the long vowels ī, ū, and ṻ (IPA y) came to be diphthongized to ei, ou, and öü (IPA øy ); this feature is known as the New High German diphthongization.
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West Germanic languages. They all descend from Proto-Germanic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European . South Germanic languages, an attempt to classify some of the West Germanic languages into a separate group, is rejected by the overwhelming majority of scholars. † denotes extinct languages.