Definitions of Germanic language
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a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanicsynonyms: Germanictypes:Proto-Norsethe Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700Old Norsethe extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language, Scandinavian, Scandinavian languagethe northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and IcelandEnglish, English languagean Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countriesGerman, German language, High Germanthe standard German language; developed historically from West GermanicDutchthe West Germanic language of the NetherlandsOld Icelandicthe extinct dialect of Old Norse that was spoken in Iceland up until about 1600Danisha Scandinavian language that is the official language of DenmarkIcelandica Scandinavian language that is the official language of IcelandNorwegiana Scandinavian language that is spoken in NorwaySwedisha Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of FinlandFaeroese, Faroesea Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe IslandsFrisiana West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of EnglishGothicextinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilastype of:Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittitethe family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
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