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| Ethnicity: | Germanic peoples |
| Geographic distribution: |
In northern, western and central Europe, Anglo-America, Oceania, southern Africa |
| Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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| Proto-language: | Proto-Germanic |
| Subdivisions: |
East Germanic (extinct)
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| ISO 639-2 and 639-5: | gem |
 Countries where a Germanic language is the first language of the majority of the population Countries where a Germanic language is an official but not primary language
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The Germanic languages in Europe Dutch (Low Franconian, West Germanic) Low German (West Germanic) Central German (High German, West Germanic) Upper German (High German, West Germanic) Anglic (Anglo-Frisian, West Germanic) Frisian (Anglo-Frisian, West Germanic) East Scandinavian West Scandinavian Line dividing the North and West Germanic languages.
The Germanic languages are a language family in the Indo-European languages. They came from one language, "Proto-Germanic", and were originally spoken in northern, western and central Europe.
The Germanic languages are separated into the East Germanic languages (these are no longer spoken), the North Germanic languages and the West Germanic languages.
Contents
List of Germanic languages
West Germanic languages
North Germanic languages
East Germanic languages
All of them are extinct:
- Gothic (with texts)
- Vandalic
- Burgundian
- Crimean Gothic
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Germanic languages and main dialect groups