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List of Germanic languages information


The Germanic languages include some 58 (SIL estimate) 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 standard division of Germanic is into three branches:

  • East Germanic languages
  • North Germanic languages
  • 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.

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List of Germanic languages

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Germanic languages

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West Germanic languages

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East Germanic languages

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North Germanic languages

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List of early Germanic peoples

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Northwest Germanic

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Germanic

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of the Germanic languages List of ancient Germanic peoples and tribes Germanic languages Proto-Germanic language, a reconstructed proto-language of all...

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Gothic language

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List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English

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Languages of Europe

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Germanic name

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List of French words of Germanic origin

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Frankish language

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Germanic peoples

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List of Germanic deities

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Chronology of warfare between the Romans and Germanic peoples

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Germanic mythology

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Germanic weak verb

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List of constructed languages

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Romance languages

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North Germanic peoples

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Lists of languages

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