Germanic languages

The Germanic languages are a language family in the Indo-European languages. They came from one language, "Proto-Germanic", and were originally spoken in northern, western and central Europe.

The Germanic languages are separated into the East Germanic languages (these are no longer spoken), the North Germanic languages and the West Germanic languages.

West Germanic languages

 * English
 * German
 * Saxon
 * Frisian
 * Luxembourgish
 * Dutch
 * Afrikaans
 * Scots
 * Yiddish

North Germanic languages

 * Danish
 * Faroese
 * Icelandic
 * Norwegian
 * Swedish

East Germanic languages
All of the following are extinct:
 * Gothic (with texts)
 * Vandalic
 * Burgundian
 * Crimean Gothic