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| − | '''Germanic languages''' is a language family, and is part of the larger language family known as [[Indo-European language]]s. Germanic includes the following languages: [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisian language|Frisian]], [[Afrikaans]], [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]], and [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]. | + | '''Germanic languages''' is a language family, and is part of the larger language family known as [[Indo-European language]]s. Germanic includes the following languages: [[English language|English]], [[Scots language|Scots]], [[German language|German]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisian language|Frisian]], [[Afrikaans]], [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]], and [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]. |
== List of Germanic languages == | == List of Germanic languages == | ||
=== West Germanic languages === | === West Germanic languages === | ||
* [[English language|English]] | * [[English language|English]] | ||
| + | *[[Scots language|Scots]] | ||
* [[German language|German]] | * [[German language|German]] | ||
* [[Frisian language|Frisian]] | * [[Frisian language|Frisian]] | ||
Revision as of 18:34, May 28, 2009
Germanic languages is a language family, and is part of the larger language family known as Indo-European languages. Germanic includes the following languages: English, Scots, German, Dutch, Frisian, Afrikaans, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian.
List of Germanic languages
West Germanic languages
North Germanic languages
The North Germanic languages all descend from Old Norse which was the language used by the Vikings.
East Germanic languages
(All of which are extinct.)