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# Germanic languages

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One of the branches of the Indo-European language family, spoken by the GermanicPeoples? who were settled north and east along the borders of the Roman Empire.

West Germanic languages:

- English language, descending from Old English and [Middle English]?
- Frisian language
- Netherlandic language
- Afrikaans?
- German language and LowGerman
- Yiddish?

East Germanic languages: Extinct, some records of Gothic language

North Germanic (Scandinavian) languages, descending from [Old Norse]?:

- Danish
- Swedish language
- [Icelandic language]?
- [Faeroese language]?
- [Norwegian language]?

Some Germanic dialects developed runic alphabets of their own.

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