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===West Germanic===

===West Germanic===

The West Germanic languages have over 2 billion native speakers worldwide. In the early centuries AD, the West Germanic languages were spoken in an area roughly corresponding to present day Germany, the Netherlands, northern Belgium and the Czech Republic. Settlement in the British Isles from the 5th century AD gave rise to the [[English language]], the most widely spoken Germanic language with 400 million native speakers, and the closely related [[Scots language|Scots]]. The second most widely-spoken Germanic languages are the West Germanic languages German and Dutch. Other West Germanic languages include [[Afrikaans]], the [[Frisian]] languages, [[Yiddish]], Low Saxon, [[Luxembourgish]] [[Swiss] German and [[Hunsrik]]. Extinct examples include Lombardic, spoken in Pannonia and Italy, and [[Yola dialect|Yola]], spoken in [[Ireland]].

The West Germanic languages have over 2 billion native speakers worldwide. In the early centuries AD, the West Germanic languages were spoken in an area roughly corresponding to present day Germany, the Netherlands, northern Belgium and the Czech Republic. Settlement in the British Isles from the 5th century AD gave rise to the [[English language]], the most widely spoken Germanic language with 400 million native speakers, and the closely related [[Scots language|Scots]]. The second most widely-spoken Germanic languages are the West Germanic languages German and Dutch. Other West Germanic languages include [[Afrikaans]], the [[Frisian]] languages, [[Yiddish]], Low Saxon, [[Luxembourgish]] [[Swiss]]-German and [[Hunsrik]]. Extinct examples include Lombardic, spoken in Pannonia and Italy, and [[Yola dialect|Yola]], spoken in [[Ireland]].

[[Category:Languages]]

[[Category:Languages]]