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West Germanic, West Germanic language
a branch of the Germanic languages
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Proto-Norse
the Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700
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Old Norse
the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350
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Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language, Scandinavian, Scandinavian language
the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
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East Germanic, East Germanic language
an extinct branch of the Germanic languages
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English, English language
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
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German, German language, High German
the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
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Low German, Plattdeutsch
a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
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Dutch
the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
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Old Icelandic
the extinct dialect of Old Norse that was spoken in Iceland up until about 1600
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Danish
a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark
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Icelandic
a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland
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Norwegian
a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway
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Swedish
a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland
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Faeroese, Faroese
a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands
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Frisian
a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
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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
