West Germanic languages

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Germanic languages subgroup branch of language family

West Germanic languages are a major branch of the Germanic language family that includes languages such as English, German, and Dutch, spoken primarily in Western and Central Europe and many parts of the world.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
West Germanic 10
North Sea Germanic 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic languages subgroup ⓘ
branch of language family ⓘ
developedFrom Northwest Germanic languages ⓘ
geographicDistribution Central Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
parts of South Asia ⓘ
parts of the Caribbean ⓘ
hasFeature grammatical gender in many member languages ⓘ
rich consonant systems ⓘ
strong and weak verb distinction ⓘ
vowel length distinctions in many historical stages ⓘ
hasSubgroup Anglic languages ⓘ
Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Frisian languages

Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ
Frisian languages ⓘ
High German languages ⓘ
Irminonic languages ⓘ
Low Franconian languages ⓘ
Low German languages ⓘ
Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
surface form: North Sea Germanic languages

Scots language group ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
historicalAncestor Proto-Germanic language ⓘ
includesLanguage Afrikaans ⓘ
Alemannic German ⓘ
Bavarian language ⓘ
Dutch language ⓘ
English language ⓘ
Frisian languages ⓘ
German ⓘ
surface form: German language

Limburgish ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
Luxembourgish ⓘ
Middle Dutch ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
Middle High German ⓘ
Old Dutch ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
Old Frisian ⓘ
Old High German ⓘ
Old Saxon ⓘ
Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form: Ripuarian Franconian

Scots ⓘ
surface form: Scots language

Yiddish ⓘ
surface form: Yiddish language
majorWorldLanguageBranch true ⓘ
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
subclassOf Germanic languages ⓘ
timeOfEmergence 1st millennium CE ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High German consonant shift → affectsLanguageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
German → branch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Elbe Germanic languages → branchOf → West Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Germanic
Low German → hasLanguageBranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Germanic
Chennai English → hasLanguageSubbranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Germanic languages → hasSubfamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Middle Saxons → historicalLanguageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Austrians → languageBranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Central Bavarian → languageBranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Early Modern Dutch → languageBranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Eastphalian → languageBranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Great Vowel Shift (late phase) → languageBranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Germanic
High German → languageBranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Achterhooks → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Chicago English → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Dutch Low Saxon → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Early Modern English → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
East Flemish → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
East Franconian → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Fingallian → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Franks → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Limburgish (Dutch variety) → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Middle English → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Middle Frisian → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Germanic
Midwestern American English → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
New England English → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Old Frankish → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Germanic
Old Frisian → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Germanic
Old High German → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Germanic
Rhenish Franconian → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Twents → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Walcheren dialect → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
West Flemish → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Yola language → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Zeelandic → languageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
English in the Solomon Islands → languageSubbranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Middle High German → languageSubbranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Newfoundland English → languageSubbranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Pennsylvania German → languageSubbranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Western American English → languageSubbranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Central German languages → partOf → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Middle Frisian → partOf → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Old English → partOfLanguageFamily → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Old High German → predecessor → West Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Germanic
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law → regionalAssociation → West Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic
Nevada English → subbranch → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Alemannic German → subclassOf → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Anglo-Frisian dialects → subclassOf → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Elbe Germanic languages → subclassOf → West Germanic languages ⓘ
Irminonic languages → subclassOf → West Germanic languages ⓘ