List of Germanic languages

The Germanic languages include some 58 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects that originated in Europe; this language family is a part of the List of Indo-European languages Indo-European language family. Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages.
The standard division of Germanic is into three branches,
* East Germanic languages
* North Germanic languages
* West Germanic languages
They all descend from Proto-Germanic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
South Germanic languages, an attempt to classify some of the West Germanic languages into a separate group, is rejected by the overwhelming majority of scholars.
† denotes extinct languages.
==West Germanic==
===Continental West Germanic===
* High German languages
** Old High German †
*** Upper German
**** High Franconian
***** East Franconian German
****** Main-Franconian
***** South Franconian German
**** Alemannic German
***** Swabian German, including Stuttgart
***** Low Alemannic German, including the area of Lake Constance and Basel German
****** Alsatian
***** Central Alemannic
***** High Alemannic German, including Zürich German and Bernese German
***** Highest Alemannic German, including the Bernese Oberland dialects and Walliser German
**** Austro-Bavarian German†
***** Old Austro-Bavarian†
****** Middle Austro-Bavarian†
******* Modern Austro-Bavarian†
******** Northern Austro-Bavarian† (including Nuremberg)
********* Bavarian
******** Central Austro-Bavarian† (including Munich and Vienna)
********* Austrian
********* Hungarian
******** Southern Austro-Bavarian† (including Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, and Bolzano, Italy)
********* Sormis
********* Mócheno†
********* Cimbrian†
*** Central German languages
**** West Central German
***** Ripuarian Franconian
***** Moselle Franconian
****** Luxemburgish
***** Rhine Franconian
****** Palatine
***** North Hessian
***** Central Hessian
***** East Hessian
***** Pennsylvania German (spoken by the Amish and other groups in southeastern Pennsylvania)
****** Pennsylvanian
**** East Central German
***** Thuringian
***** Upper Saxon German
***** Lausitzisch-neumärkisch
***** Silesian German
***** High Prussian
*** Hutterite German aka "Tirolean"
*** Yiddish (with a significant influx of vocabulary from Hebrew and other languages, and traditionally written in the Hebrew alphabet)
*** Wymysorys (with a significant influence from Low Saxon, Dutch, Polish, and Scots)
* Low German languages
** Old Saxon†
*** West Low German (Low Saxon)
**** Northern Low Saxon
**** East Frisian Low Saxon
**** Westphalian
**** Eastphalian
*** East Low German
**** Brandenburgisch
**** Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch
**** Middle Pomeranian
**** East Pomeranian
**** Low Prussian
**** Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German, used also in many other countries)
* Low Franconian languages
** Old Frankish†
*** Old Dutch†
**** Middle Dutch†
***** Modern Dutch†
****** West Flemish
****** East Flemish†
****** Zeelandic†
****** Hollandic
******* Hollandish
******** Hollish
******** Amsterdamish
******* Angla
******** South Angla
********* Anglish
********* Irish
******** North Angla
********* Scottish
********* Edinburgish
****** Brabantine†
****** East Dutch (Zuid-Gelders/Clevian)
****** Limburgian†
****** Stadsfries dialects†
***** Afrikaans (with a significant influx of vocabulary from other languages)
===North-Sea Germanic===
* Anglo-Frisian
** Old Frisian†
*** Frisian
**** West Frisian language (spoken in the Netherlands)
***** Clay Frisian (Klaaifrysk)
***** Wood Frisian (Wâldfrysk)
****** Noardhoeks
***** South Frisian (Súdhoeks)
***** Southwest Frisian (Súdwesthoeksk)
***** Schiermonnikoogs
***** Hindeloopers
***** Aasters
***** Westers
**** East Frisian language (spoken in Germany)
***** Saterland Frisian
***** Wangerooge Frisian†
***** Wursten Frisian†
**** North Frisian language (spoken in Germany)
***** Mainland Frisian
****** Mooring
****** Goesharde Frisian
****** Wiedingharde Frisian
****** Halligen Frisian
****** Karrharde Frisian
***** Island Frisian
****** Söl'ring
****** Fering
****** Öömrang
****** Heligolandic
** Anglic
*** English language (dialects)
**** Old English†
***** Middle English† (significant influx of words from Old French)
****** Early Modern English†
******* Modern English†
******** British English† (English English, including Northern English, East Midlands English, West Midlands English, Southern English, and others, Welsh English, Scottish English) and Irish English
******** North American English† (American English and Canadian English)
******** Australian English† and New Zealand English
******** South African English†
******** South Asian English† (Indian English)
******** South-East Asian English† (Philippine English, Singapore English, Malaysian English)
******** West Indian English† (Caribbean English)
*** Lowland Scots
**** Early Scots†
***** Middle Scots†
****** Modern Scots†
******* Northern Scots
******** North Northern
******** Mid Northern (North East Scots or the Doric)
******** South Northern
******* Central Scots
******** North East Central
******** South East Central
******** West Central
******** South West Central
******* Southern Scots
******* Insular Scots
******** Orcadian
******** Shetlandic
******* Ulster Scots
*** Yola†
*** Fingallian†
==North Germanic==
* Proto-Norse †
** Old Norse †
*** West Scandinavian
**** Old West Norse †
***** Old Norwegian †
****** Middle Norwegian †
******* Modern Norwegian (generally Western branch, but heavy influence from Eastern branch)
******** Bokmål (official written standard) / Riksmål (unofficial written standard) - see Danish
******** Nynorsk (official written standard) / Høgnorsk (unofficial written standard) / Landsmål (unofficial written standard)
******** Vestlandsk
********* South-West Norwegian
********* Bergen og Stavanger
********* North-West Norwegian
********* Sørlandsk
********** East Agder Norwegian
********** West Agder Norwegian
******** Østlandsk
********* Vikvær Norwegian
********* Middle East Norwegian
********* Oppland Norwegian
********* Østerdal Norwegian
********* Midtlands og fjellbygdmål
********** Gudbrandsdal Norwegian
********** Valdres and Hallingdal
********** Western Telemark Norwegian
********** Eastern Telemark Norwegian
******** Trøndersk
********* Outer Trøndelag Norwegian
********* Inner Trøndelag Norwegian
********* Namdal Norwegian
********* South-eastern Trøndersk
********* Jamtlandic (significant influx of words from Swedish)
********* Herdalian (significant influx of words from Swedish)
******** Nordnorsk
********* Helgeland Norwegian
********* Nordland Norwegian
********* Troms Norwegian
********* Finnmark Norwegian
****** Old Faroese †
******* Middle Faroese †
******** Modern Faroese
********* Gøtudanskt (Faroese Street Danish)
****** Norn †
******* Caithness Norn †
******* Orkney Norn †
******* Shetland Norn †
***** Old Icelandic †
****** Middle Icelandic †
******* Modern Icelandic
***** Greenlandic Norse †
*** East Scandinavian
**** Old East Norse †
***** Old Danish †
****** Middle Danish †
******* Modern Danish†
******** Bornholmsk
******** Island Danish
******** Jutlandic/Jutish
********* North Jutlandic
********* East Jutlandic
********* West Jutlandic
********* South Jutlandic (; )
******** Bokmål (official written standard in Norway) / Riksmål (unofficial written standard in Norway) - see Norwegian
******** Future Danish
******** Finnish
******** Greenlandic
***** Old Swedish †
****** Modern Swedish
******* Norrland dialects (Norrland, including Westrobothnian/Bondska and Kalix dialect, and Överkalix dialect)
******* Svealand Swedish
******** Dalecarlian
********* Elfdalian (considered a Swedish Sveamål dialect, but has official orthography and is, because of a lower degree of mutual intelligibility with Swedish, considered a separate language by many linguists, see p. 6 in this reference)
******* Götamål (Götaland)
******* East Swedish/Finland Swedish
******** Swedish dialects in Ostrobothnia
******** Other dialects of Finland Swedish
******* Estonian Swedish
******** The Swedish mostly historically spoken in Gammalsvenskby in Ukraine
******* South Swedish
******** Scanian
******* Gutnish
******** Old Gutnish †
******** Modern Gutnish
Alternate classification of contemporary North Germanic languages
* Insular Scandinavian
** Icelandic
** Faroese
* Continental Scandinavian
** Danish
** Norwegian
** Swedish
* Future Scandinavian
** Finnish
** Greenlandic
==East Germanic†==
* East Germanic†
** Burgundian†
** Gothic†
*** Crimean Gothic†
** Vandalic†
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