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| − | '''Germanic languages''' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages) |
+ | '''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]]. |
| + | Major languages: |
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| − | Languages with some coverage in [[Apertium]], in alphabetical order : |
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* [[Afrikaans]] (af) |
* [[Afrikaans]] (af) |
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* [[Danish]] (da) |
* [[Danish]] (da) |
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* [[Swedish]] (sv) |
* [[Swedish]] (sv) |
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| + | Language pairs: |
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| − | Uncovered languages include (list not complete): |
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| + | * [[German]] and [[Luxemburgish]] |
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| − | * [[Frisian]] |
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| + | * [[Low German]], [[Dutch]], [[Afrikaans]] and [[West Frisian]] |
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| − | * [[Limburgish]] |
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| + | * [[Icelandic]] and [[Faroese]] |
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| − | * [[Luxembourgish]] |
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| + | * [[Swedish]], [[Danish]], [[ Norwegian (Bokmål)]], [[Norwegian (Nynorsk)]] |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 20:58, 22 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.
Major languages:
- Afrikaans (af)
- Danish (da)
- Dutch (nl)
- English (en)
- Faroese (fo)
- German (de)
- Icelandic (is)
- Norwegian (no)
- Norwegian Bokmål (nb) (see also Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian Bokmål)
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn) (see also Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian Bokmål)
- Swedish (sv)
Language pairs:
- German and Luxemburgish
- Low German, Dutch, Afrikaans and West Frisian
- Icelandic and Faroese
- Swedish, Danish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk)
