#Germanic_language__Germanic a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
supertype: Indo-European_language__Indo-European__Indo-Hittite the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
subtype: West_Germanic_language__West_Germanic a branch of the Germanic languages
subtype: English_language__English an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the US and most of the Commonwealth countries
subtype: American_English__American_language__American the English language as used in the United States
subtype: Black_English_Vernacular__Black_English__Ebonics a nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people
subtype: cockney the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
subtype: King's_English standard southern British English
subtype: Middle_English English from about 1100 to 1450
subtype: East_Midland the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English
subtype: West_Midland a dialect of Middle English
subtype: Northern a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
subtype: Kentish a dialect of Middle English
subtype: Southwestern__West_Saxon a dialect of Middle English
subtype: Modern_English English since about 1450
subtype: Old_English__Anglo-Saxon English prior to about 1100
subtype: West_Saxon a literary dialect of Old English
subtype: Anglian one of the major dialects of Old English
subtype: Jutish__Kentish one of the major dialects of Old English
subtype: Oxford_English the dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious
subtype: Scottish__Scots__Scots_English the dialect of English used in Scotland
subtype: Scottish_Lallans__Lallans a dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland
subtype: German_language__German__High_German the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
subtype: Old_High_German High German prior to 1200
subtype: Middle_High_German High German from 1100 to 1500
subtype: Yiddish a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken as a vernacular by European Jews
subtype: Pennsylvania_Dutch a dialect of High German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland
subtype: Low_German__Plattdeutsch a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
subtype: Old_Saxon Low German prior to 1200
subtype: Middle_Low_German Low German from 1100 to 1500
subtype: Dutch the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
subtype: Flemish_dialect__Flemish one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
subtype: Afrikaans__Taal__the_Taal__South_African_Dutch an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
subtype: Frisian a West Germanic language spoken in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
subtype: Old_Frisian the Frisian language until the 16th century
subtype: Proto-Norse the Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700
subtype: Old_Norse the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350
subtype: Old_Icelandic__oldicelandic the extinct dialect of Old Norse that was spoken in Iceland up until about 1600
subtype: Scandinavian_language__Scandinavian__Nordic__Norse__North_Germanic__North_Germanic_language the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
subtype: Danish a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark
subtype: Icelandic a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland
subtype: Norwegian a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway
subtype: Bokmal__Dano-Norwegian__Riksmal one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish
subtype: New_Norwegian__Landsmal__Nynorsk one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects
subtype: Swedish a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland
subtype: Faroese__Faeroese a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands
subtype: East_Germanic_language__East_Germanic an extinct branch of the Germanic languages
subtype: Gothic extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
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