West Germanic
Dutch's language family
West Germanic is a branch of the Germanic language family that includes English, German, Dutch, and Frisian, among others.
The term distinguishes these languages from North Germanic (Scandinavian languages) and the extinct East Germanic branch.
Most linguistic features English shares with German but not with Swedish trace back to their common West Germanic ancestry.
Britain's native tongue
- DutchOf the Netherlands
- AfrikaansSouth African Germanic language
- YiddishAshkenazi Jewish language
- FrisianWest Germanic language group
Scots · Luxembourgish · Flemish · Pennsylvania Dutch · Bavarian
Words from common origin
- etymologyWord origin study
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
umlaut · ablaut · inflection · declension · conjugation · gemination · dialectology · language family
Germanic language of early Britain
- FrankishOf the Germanic tribe
- Middle EnglishLanguage between 1100-1500
Germanic peoples in medieval England
Post-Roman tribal relocations era
- MerovingianEarly medieval Frankish rulers
- CarolingianFrankish royal dynasty
- ClovisFirst Merovingian ruler
- CharlemagneEarly medieval Western unifier
Heptarchy · runes · Christianization · Hanseatic · tribal kingdoms · monasteries · manuscripts · vernacular
English
Britain's native tongue
Frisian · Scots · Luxembourgish · Flemish · Pennsylvania Dutch · Bavarian
cognates
Words from common origin
- etymologyWord origin study
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
grammar · umlaut · ablaut · inflection · declension · conjugation · gemination · dialectology · language family
Old English
Germanic language of early Britain
- FrankishOf the Germanic tribe
- Middle EnglishLanguage between 1100-1500
Anglo-Saxons
Germanic peoples in medieval England
Migration Period
Post-Roman tribal relocations era
- MerovingianEarly medieval Frankish rulers
- CarolingianFrankish royal dynasty
- ClovisFirst Merovingian ruler
Charlemagne · Heptarchy · runes · Christianization · Hanseatic · tribal kingdoms · monasteries · manuscripts · vernacular
- DutchDutch, Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam
- Germanic LanguagesEnglish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
- English historyNorman Conquest, Domesday Book, Magna Carta, King Alfred, Henry VIII
- dialectologydialectology, dialect atlas, linguistic atlas, regional dialects, fieldwork