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Both are part of the continental West Germanic area, the bulk of which became the German nation. There is no clear linguistic border between the Dutch and the Germans, just like there isn't between the Germans from Germany proper and the Swiss Germans, it's just one big dialect continuum, so an ethnic identity based on language can't explain it
May 1, 2024 · Together with English, Frisian, German, and Luxembourgish, Dutch is a West Germanic language. It derives from Low Franconian, the speech of the Western Franks, which was restructured through contact with speakers of North Sea Germanic along the coast (Flanders, Holland) about 700 ce .
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4 days ago · Germanic languages and main dialect groups. All living Germanic languages belong either to the West Germanic or to the North Germanic branch. The West Germanic group is the larger by far, further subdivided into Anglo-Frisian on one hand and Continental West Germanic on the other.
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1 day ago · The West Germanic varieties of the time are generally split into three dialect groups: Ingvaeonic (North Sea Germanic), Istvaeonic (Weser–Rhine Germanic) and Irminonic (Elbe Germanic). It appears that the Frankish tribes fit primarily into the Istvaeonic dialect group with certain Ingvaeonic influences towards the northwest, which are still ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Despite these existing labels, the distinction between “High” and “Low” was gradual rather than absolute. As a feature of the West Germanic dialect continuum, language practices in geographically closer areas tended to be more similar than those in more distant areas (see also Cornelissen 2015).
1 day ago · Low German is a part of the continental West Germanic dialect continuum. To the West, it blends into the Low Franconian languages, including Dutch. A distinguishing feature between the Low Franconian varieties and Low German varieties is the plural of the verbs. Low German varieties have a common verbal plural ending, whereas Low Franconian ...
Apr 16, 2024 · The Germans and other Germans speak a West Germanic language, while the Scandinavian languages belong to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. The Germanic languages are English, Dutch, and German. The North Germanic languages include Danish, Faeroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish.
