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5 days ago · German language, official language of both Germany and Austria and one of the official languages of Switzerland. German belongs to the West Germanic group of the Indo-European language family, along with English, Frisian, and Dutch (Netherlandic, Flemish). Learn more about the German language.
- Frisian
Frisian language, the West Germanic language most closely...
- Low German Language
In Germany: Languages of Germany …known as Low German, or...
- Swiss German Language
Swiss German language, collective name for the great variety...
- Middle High German
In West Germanic languages: History …language of which is...
- West Germanic
West Germanic languages, group of Germanic languages that...
- Germanic Languages
Germanic languages, branch of the Indo-European language...
- English
English language, a West Germanic language of the...
- Dutch
Together with English, Frisian, German, and Luxembourgish,...
- Frisian
4 days ago · English language, a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to the Frisian, German, and Dutch languages. It originated in England and is the dominant language of the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.
4 days ago · As young German speakers become more mobile, move to cities, and have more exposure to standard varieties through new media, each country's standard variety might become more prevalent. We predict that in the next century, the German dialect landscape will become less diverse and robust.
1 day ago · The Germanic languages are traditionally divided between East, North and West Germanic branches. The modern prevailing view is that North and West Germanic were also encompassed in a larger subgroup called Northwest Germanic.
4 days ago · 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. The earliest documents in the Dutch language date from ...
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- What is the Dutch language?The Dutch language is a West Germanic language that is the national language of the Netherlands and, with French and German, one of the three offic...
- Where is Dutch spoken?Dutch is the language of most of the Netherlands, of northern Belgium, and of a small part of France along the North Sea. Dutch is also used as the...
- How did the Dutch language develop?The Dutch language derives from Low Franconian, the speech of the Western Franks, which was restructured through contact with speakers of North Sea...
2 days ago · Yiddish ( ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish or idish, pronounced [ˈ (j)ɪdɪʃ], lit. 'Jewish'; ייִדיש-טײַטש, historically also Yidish-Taytsh, lit. 'Judeo-German') [9] is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.
1 day ago · Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic branches during the fifth century BC to fifth century AD: West Germanic , East Germanic and North Germanic . [1]
