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'''Germanic languages''' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by a sizable population in Western Europe, North America and Australasia.The common ancestor of all the languages is called Proto-Germanic, which was spoken approximately in the mid-1st millenium BC in Iron Age northern Europe.The Germanic languages include [[English]], [[German]], [[Dutch]], [[Afrikaans]], [[Norwegian]], [[Danish]], [[Swedish]], [[Icelandic]] and [[Faroese]]. |
'''Germanic languages''' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by a sizable population in Western Europe, North America and Australasia.The common ancestor of all the languages is called Proto-Germanic, which was spoken approximately in the mid-1st millenium BC in Iron Age northern Europe.The Germanic languages include [[English]], [[German]], [[Dutch]], [[Afrikaans]], [[Norwegian]], [[Danish]], [[Swedish]], [[Icelandic]] and [[Faroese]]. |
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Germanic languages by subgroup: |
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* West-Germanic Languages |
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*[[German]] - [[Dutch]] |
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*[[German]] |
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*[[Yiddish]] |
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*[[Luxemburgish]] |
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*[[Pennsylvania Dutch]] |
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*[[Low German]] |
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*[[Low German]] |
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* [[Norwegian Bokmål]] (nb) (see also [[Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian Bokmål]]) |
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*[[Plautdietsch]] |
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* [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] (nn) (see also [[Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian Bokmål]]) |
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*[[Dutch]] |
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*[[Dutch]] |
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*[[Anglo - Frisian]] |
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*[[Frisian]] |
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* North-Germanic Languages |
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*[[Scandinavian]] |
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*[[Danish]] |
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*[[Swedish]] |
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*[[Icelandic]] - [[Faroese]] |
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Language pairs: |
Language pairs: |
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Some Germanic languages that are particularly similar to one another (and hence have high levels of mutual intelligibility) include those in the following list: |
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* [[German]] and [[Luxemburgish]] |
* [[German]] and [[Luxemburgish]] |
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* [[Low German]], [[Dutch]], [[Afrikaans]] and [[West Frisian]] |
* [[Low German]], [[Dutch]], [[Afrikaans]] and [[West Frisian]] |
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* [[Icelandic]] and [[Faroese]] |
* [[Icelandic]] and [[Faroese]] |
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* [[Swedish]], [[Danish]], [[ Norwegian (Bokmål)]], [[Norwegian (Nynorsk)]] |
* [[Swedish]], [[Danish]], [[ Norwegian (Bokmål)]], [[Norwegian (Nynorsk)]] |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 19:45, 25 November 2013
Germanic languages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by a sizable population in Western Europe, North America and Australasia.The common ancestor of all the languages is called Proto-Germanic, which was spoken approximately in the mid-1st millenium BC in Iron Age northern Europe.The Germanic languages include English, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic and Faroese.
Germanic languages by subgroup:
- West-Germanic Languages
*German - Dutch *German *German *Yiddish *Luxemburgish *Pennsylvania Dutch *Low German *Low German *Plautdietsch *Dutch *Dutch *Afrikaans *Anglo - Frisian *Frisian *English
- North-Germanic Languages
*Scandinavian *Danish *Swedish *Norwegian *Icelandic - Faroese *Icelandic *Faroese
Language pairs:
Some Germanic languages that are particularly similar to one another (and hence have high levels of mutual intelligibility) include those in the following list:
- German and Luxemburgish
- Low German, Dutch, Afrikaans and West Frisian
- Icelandic and Faroese
- Swedish, Danish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk)
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