CLASSIFICATION OF GERMANIC LANGUAGES
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Proto-Germanic
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West Germanic Languages
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Standard German
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Central German
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East Central German
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West Central German
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Luxembourgish
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Pennsylvanis German (Spoken by the Amish and other Groups in Southeastern Pennsylvania)
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Upper Germanic
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Alemannic German
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Swabian German, including Stuttgart
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Low Alemannic German (including the area of Lake Constance and Basel German)
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Alsatian German
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High Alemannic German (including Zuerich German and Bernese German)
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Austro-Bavarian German
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North Bavarian (including Nuremberg)
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Middle Bavarian (including Munich and Vienna)
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South Bavarian (including Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, and Bolzano, Italy)
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Hutterite German (aka "Tirolean)
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Yiddish (with a significant influx of vocabulary from Hebrew and other languages, and traditionally written in the Hebrew alphabet)
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Wymysorys (with a significant influence from Low Saxon, Dutch, Polish and Scots.)
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Low Franconian
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Standard Dutch
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Old Dutch
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Middle Dutch
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Modern Dutch
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Brabantic
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Zealandic
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West Flemish
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East Flemish
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Hollandic
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Limburgish
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Zuid-Gelders
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Afrikaans (with a significant influx of vocabulary from other languages)
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Low German
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West Low German
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Northern Low Saxon
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East Frisian Low Saxon
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Plattduetsch (Mennonite Low Saxon)
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Anglo-Frisian
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Old Frisian
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Frisian
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Stadsfries Language
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West Frisian Language (Spoken in the Netherlands)
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Clay Frisian (Klaaifrysk)
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Wood Frisian (Waeldfrysk)
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Noardhocks
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South Frisian (Suedhoeks)
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Southwest Frisian (Suedwesthoeksk)
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Schiermonnikoogs
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Hindeloopers
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Aasters
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Westers
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East Frisian Language (spoken in Germany)
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Saterland Frisian Language
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Several extinct Frisian variants
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North Frisian Language (Spoken in Germany)
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Mainland Frisian
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Mooring
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Goesharde Frisian
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Wiedingharde Frisian
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Halligen Frisian
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Karrharde Frisian
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Island Frisian
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Soel'ring
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Fering
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Ooemrang
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Heligolandic
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Anglic
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Old English
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Middle English (significant influx of words from Old French)
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Early Modern English
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Modern English
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British English (English English, including Northern English, Midlands English, Southern English, Welsh English, Scottish English, and others) and Irish English
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North American English (American English and Conadian English)
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Australian English and New Zealand English
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South African English
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South Asian English (Indian English)
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South East Asian English (Philippine English, Singapore English, and Malaysian English)
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West Indian English (Caribbean English)
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Early Scots (from Early Middle English)
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Middle Scots
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Northern Scots
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North Northern (Scandinavian influence via Norn)
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Mid Northern (North East Scots or Doric)
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South Northern
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Central Scots
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North East Central
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South East Central
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West Central
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South West Central Scots
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Ulster Scots
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Southern Scots
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Insular Scots (Scandinavian influence via Norn)
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Yola
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North Germanic
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Proto-Norse
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Old Norse
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West Scandinavian
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Norwegian (genealogically Western Branch, but heavy influence from Eastern branch)
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Bokmal (Official written standard)
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Hognorsk (unofficial written standard)
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Landsmal (unofficial written standard)
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Nynorsk (official written standard)
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Riksmal (unofficial written standard)
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Vestlandsk
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Sorlandsk
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South-West Norwegian
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Bergen Norwegian/Bergensk
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North-West Norwegian
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Saettersdal (Viking)
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Nord-Norsk
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Helgeland Norwegian
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Troms Norwegian
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Finnmark Norwegian
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East Norwegian
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Vikvaer Norwegian
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Middle East Norwegian
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Oppland Norwegian
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Osterdal Norwegian
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Midland Norwegian
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Gudbrandsdal Norwegian
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Valdres and Hallingdal
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Western Telemark Norwegian
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Eastern Telemark Norwegian
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Trondelag Norwegian
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Outer Trondelag Norwegian
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oUTE
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Inner Trondelag Norwegian
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Namdal Norwegian
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South-eastern Trondersk
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Jamtlandic (also considered Norrlandic)
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Hardalic (also considered Norrlandic)
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Icelandic (also considered Viking)
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Old Icelandic (Viking)
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Modern Icelandic
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Gotudanskt (Faroese Street Danish)
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Faroese (Related to Viking)
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Shetland Norn (extinct)
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Orkney Norn (extinct)
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East Scandinavian
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Danish
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Rigsdansk/Rigsmal
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Eastern Danish (Amager, Bornholm, Skane, Halland, Blekinge
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Bornholmsk
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Scanian
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Island Danish
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Jutlandic/Jutish
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North Jutlandic
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East Jutlandic
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West Jutlandic
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Sonderjysk (Danish Slesvig, German Schleswig)
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Swedish
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Delecarlian
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Elfdalian (considered a Swedish Sveamal dialect, but has official orthography and is, because of a lower degree of mutual intelligibility with Swedish, considered a separate language by many linguists)
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Old Swedish
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Modern Swedish
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Svealand Swedish
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Norrlandic
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Gotish
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East Swedish/ Finland Swedish
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South Swedish
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Gotalandic
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Old Gutnish
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Modern Gutnish
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Alternate classification of contemporary North Germanic languages
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Insular Scandinavian
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Icelandic (Modern Viking)
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Faroese (Modern Viking)
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Contiental Scandianavian
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Danish
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