Germanic languages
E6053
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.
Aliases (3)
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 (87)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Germanic linguistics"
this entity surface form: "Scandinavian languages"
subject surface form: "Batavi"
this entity surface form: "West Germanic languages"
this entity surface form: "Germanic linguistics"