Relationship between German and Dutch== 

 Very simplified, the structure would be something like this: 

 *German languages 
 **High German 
 ***Standard High German (the subject of this article) 
 **Low German 
 ***Low Franconian 
 ****Dutch 
 ****Afrikaans 
 ****Limburgish 
 ***Low Saxon 
 ***East Low German 

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