Germanic languages

E6053

language family

Germanic languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes languages such as English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages, sharing common historical origins and linguistic features.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Germanic languages canonical	216
Germanic	2
Germanic linguistics	2
Scandinavian languages	1
West Germanic languages	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language family ⓘ
areOfficialIn	Austria ⓘ Denmark ⓘ Germany ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
classificationCode	ISO 639-5: gem ⓘ
developedFrom	Proto-Indo-European ⓘ surface form: Proto-Indo-European language
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers	over 500 million native speakers ⓘ
hasMajorSubgroup	Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Frisian languages Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ surface form: Ingvaeonic languages Irminonic languages ⓘ Istvaeonic languages ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage	Proto-Germanic language ⓘ
hasSubfamily	East Germanic languages ⓘ North Germanic languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ
historicalRegion	Germania ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ
historicalWritingSystem	runic alphabets ⓘ
includesLanguage	Afrikaans language ⓘ Danish language ⓘ Dutch ⓘ surface form: Dutch language English language ⓘ Faroese language ⓘ Frisian languages ⓘ German language ⓘ Gothic language ⓘ Icelandic language ⓘ Norwegian language ⓘ Scots ⓘ surface form: Scots language Swedish language ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ surface form: Yiddish language
majorModernBranchOf	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
originatedIn	Northern Europe ⓘ
sharesFeature	development of definite and indefinite articles ⓘ distinctive word order patterns such as V2 ⓘ initial stress accent on root syllable ⓘ large inventory of fricative consonants ⓘ reduction of Indo-European case system ⓘ strong verbs with ablaut ⓘ use of periphrastic tense constructions ⓘ vowel gradation (ablaut) patterns ⓘ weak verbs with dental suffix ⓘ
subclassOf	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
underwentSoundChange	Grimm's law ⓘ Verner's law ⓘ
usedBy	Germanic peoples ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (222)

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

Indo-European language family → hasSubfamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Claude → hasLanguage → Germanic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scandinavian languages

Irish English → subfamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Germanic languages

South African English → languageBranch → Germanic languages ⓘ

Yiddish → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Middle Ages → majorLanguageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Esperanto → influencedBy → Germanic languages ⓘ

Old English → partOfLanguageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

British Isles English → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Scots → subfamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Venetic language → hasSubstrateOrContactWith → Germanic languages ⓘ

Old Dutch → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Runic alphabet → usedForLanguageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Elfdalian → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Finnic languages → influencedBy → Germanic languages ⓘ

Proto-Germanic → reconstructedFrom → Germanic languages ⓘ

Old East Norse → subclassOf → Germanic languages ⓘ

Alemannic German → languageBranch → Germanic languages ⓘ

German-speaking Europe → hasLanguageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Early Modern English → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

East Franconian → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Northumbrian → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Fingallian → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Rhenish Franconian → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Adelbert → hasOrigin → Germanic languages ⓘ

Old Frisian → subclassOf → Germanic languages ⓘ

Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law → languageFamilyContext → Germanic languages ⓘ

Proto-West Germanic → partOf → Germanic languages ⓘ

North American English → languageBranch → Germanic languages ⓘ

Early Modern Dutch → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Batavi tribe → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Batavi

Old Saxon → languageBranch → Germanic languages ⓘ

Hilda → languageOfOrigin → Germanic languages ⓘ

Bokmål → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Emma → hasOrigin → Germanic languages ⓘ

Emilian-Romagnol → influencedBy → Germanic languages ⓘ

Walter → hasOrigin → Germanic languages ⓘ

Aloysia → hasOrigin → Germanic languages ⓘ

Hugo → hasOrigin → Germanic languages ⓘ

Grimm's law → field → Germanic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Germanic linguistics

Grimm's law → distinguishes → Germanic languages ⓘ

Irminonic languages → partOf → Germanic languages ⓘ

Medieval Latin → influencedBy → Germanic languages ⓘ

Verner's law → appliesTo → Germanic languages ⓘ

Astingi → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Elsa → hasOrigin → Germanic languages ⓘ

Marcomanni → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Quadi → languageFamily → Germanic languages ⓘ

Ernest → hasOrigin → Germanic languages ⓘ