Anglic languages are West Germanic languages that come from Old English. They were first spoken on the British Isles. Creole languages based on forms of English are generally not included. Except for English, this group also includes Scots in Scotland, and Yola and Fingallan in Ireland. These languages developed from earlier dialects spoken by Anglo-Saxon settlers.
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| Anglo-Frisian | | Anglic | |
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| Frisian | | Historical forms | |
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| East Frisian |
- Ems
- Weser
- Wangerooge Frisian
- Wursten Frisian
- Harlingerland Frisian
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| North Frisian |
- Insular
- Eiderstedt
- Föhr–Amrum
- Heligolandic
- Sylt
- Mainland
- Bökingharde
- Halligen
- Goesharde
- Northern
- Central
- Southern
- Karrharde
- Strand
- Wiedingharde
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| West Frisian |
- Hindeloopen
- Schiermonnikoog
- Westlauwers–Terschellings
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| Low German | | Historical forms | |
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| West Low German |
- Dutch Low Saxon
- Stellingwarfs
- Tweants
- Gronings
- Drèents
- Gelders-Overijssels
- Urkers
- Veluws
- Northern Low Saxon
- East Frisian Low Saxon
- Gronings
- Hamburg
- Holsteinisch
- Oldenburgisch
- Schleswigsch
- Eastphalian
- Westphalian
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| East Low German |
- Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch
- Brandenburgisch
- Central Pomeranian
- East Pomeranian
- Low Prussian
- Plautdietsch / Mennonite Low German
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| Low Franconian | | Historical forms | |
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| West Low Franconian |
- Central Dutch
- West Flemish
- Zeelandic
- East Flemish
- Brabantian
- Kleverlandish
- Surinamese Dutch
- Jersey Dutch
- Mohawk Dutch
- Stadsfries/Bildts/Amelands/Midslands
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| East Low Franconian | |
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High German (German) | |
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| North | | Historical forms | |
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| West | |
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| East |
- Swedish
- Swedish dialects
- Rinkebysvenska
- Danish
- Danish dialects
- Insular Danish
- Jutlandic
- East Danish
- Bornholmsk
- Scanian (historically)
- Southern Schleswig Danish
- Gøtudanskt
- Perkerdansk
- Old Danish
- Middle Danish
- Dalecarlian
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- Gutnish
- Mainland Gutnish
- Fårö Gutnish
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Philology |
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| Language subgroups |
- Northwest
- Gotho-Nordic
- South
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| Reconstructed |
- Proto-Germanic
- Proto-Germanic grammar
- Germanic parent language
- Ancient Belgian language
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| Diachronic features |
- Grimm's law
- Verner's law
- Holtzmann's law
- Sievers's law
- Kluge's law
- Germanic substrate hypothesis
- West Germanic gemination
- High German consonant shift
- Germanic a-mutation
- Germanic umlaut
- Germanic spirant law
- Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law
- Great Vowel Shift
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| Synchronic features |
- Germanic verb
- Germanic strong verb
- Germanic weak verb
- Preterite-present verb
- Grammatischer Wechsel
- Indo-European ablaut
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- Italics indicate extinct languages
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
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