West Germanic languages
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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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (58)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.