West Germanic languages - Wikipedia
WEBThe West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages).
West Germanic languages | Definition, Map, Countries, Tree, …
WEBWest 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.
Germanic languages | Definition, Language Tree, & List
WEBGermanic languages, branch of the Indo-European language family. Scholars often divide the Germanic languages into three groups: West Germanic, including English, German, and Netherlandic ( Dutch ); North Germanic, including Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Faroese; and East Germanic, now extinct, comprising only Gothic and …
Germanic languages - Wikipedia
WEBThe West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch, with 24 million native speakers.
West Germanic languages - Germanic, Indo-European, Dialects
WEBWest Germanic languages - Germanic, Indo-European, Dialects: German is spoken throughout a large area in central Europe, where it is the national language of Germany and of Austria and one of the three official languages of Switzerland (the others are French and Italian, and Romansh has a special status).
West Germanic languages - Simple English Wikipedia, the free …
WEBThe 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. The most spoken languages in the branch are English, German, and Dutch. [1]
Germanic (Chapter 10) - The Indo-European Language Family
WEBFurthermore, the chapter identifies three Germanic sub-branches (East, North, West) and discusses the possibility of binary splits leading to intermediary subgroupings, of which either North-West or North-East Germanic seems credible depending on …
History of English - Wikipedia
WEBEnglish is a West Germanic language that originated from Ingvaeonic languages brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands.
Chapter 31 - The West Germanic Dialect Continuum
WEBThe continental West Germanic dialect continuum roughly encompasses the territory of modern-day Germany, Austria, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, the Netherlands, the northern half of Belgium (Flanders), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and South Tyrol, in …
German language - Wikipedia
WEBSep 4, 2001 · German ( Deutsch [dɔʏtʃ] ( listen)) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol ( Italy ), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein.
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