Lower Saxon as a group
John Cowan
cowan at ccil.org
Sun Feb 22 21:05:08 CET 2009
CE Whitehead scripsit:
> I myself would like a clarification though of what East Germanic
> Languages [gem], West Germanic languages [gmw], and North Germanic
> languages [gmq] include.
If you mean an official clarification, I doubt you'll get one: all 639-5
codes are vague. As generally used by historical linguists, however:
East Germanic is an extinct branch, including Gothic and also Vandalic
and Burgundian (which are only known from a few words and proper names).
West Germanic includes German (High and Low), Dutch, Frisian, and English.
North Germanic includes Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and
Faroese.
Here's the full Ethnologue tree:
Germanic (52)
East (1)
Gothic [got] (Ukraine) (extinct)
North (11)
East Scandinavian (6)
Danish-Swedish (6)
Danish-Bokmal (1)
Norwegian, Bokmål [nob] (Norway)
Danish-Riksmal (2)
Danish (2)
Danish [dan] (Denmark)
Jutish [jut] (Denmark)
Swedish (3)
Dalecarlian [dlc] (Sweden)
Scanian [scy] (Sweden)
Swedish [swe] (Sweden)
West Scandinavian (5)
Faroese [fao] (Denmark)
Icelandic [isl] (Iceland)
Jamtska [jmk] (Sweden)
Norwegian, Nynorsk [nno] (Norway)
Norn [nrn] (United Kingdom) (extinct)
West (40)
English (2)
English [eng] (United Kingdom)
Scots [sco] (United Kingdom)
Frisian (3)
Frisian, Western [fri] (Netherlands)
Frisian, Northern [frr] (Germany)
Saterfriesisch [stq] (Germany)
High German (20)
German (18)
Frankish [frk] (Germany) (extinct)
Middle German (9)
East Middle German (3)
German, Standard [deu] (Germany)
Silesian, Lower [sli] (Poland)
Saxon, Upper [sxu] (Germany)
West Middle German (6)
Moselle Franconian (2)
Luxembourgeois [ltz] (Luxembourg)
Mainfränkisch [vmf] (Germany)
German, Pennsylvania [pdc] (USA)
Rhenisch Franconian (2)
Pfaelzisch [pfl] (Germany)
Limburgisch [lim] (Netherlands)
Ripuarian Franconian (1)
Kölsch [ksh] (Germany)
Upper German (8)
Alemannic (4)
German, Colonia Tovar [gct] (Venezuela)
Schwyzerdütsch [gsw] (Switzerland)
Swabian [swg] (Germany)
Walser [wae] (Switzerland)
Bavarian-Austrian (4)
Bavarian [bar] (Austria)
Cimbrian [cim] (Italy)
German, Hutterite [geh] (Canada)
Mócheno [mhn] (Italy)
Yiddish (2)
Yiddish, Eastern [ydd] (Israel)
Yiddish, Western [yih] (Germany)
Low Saxon-Low Franconian (15)
Frisian, Eastern [frs] (Germany)
Low Franconian (4)
Afrikaans [afr] (South Africa)
Dutch [nld] (Netherlands)
Vlaams [vls] (Belgium)
Zeeuws [zea] (Netherlands)
Low Saxon (10)
Achterhoeks [act] (Netherlands)
Drents [drt] (Netherlands)
Gronings [gos] (Netherlands)
Saxon, Low [nds] (Germany)
Plautdietsch [pdt] (Canada)
Sallands [sdz] (Netherlands)
Stellingwerfs [stl] (Netherlands)
Twents [twd] (Netherlands)
Veluws [vel] (Netherlands)
Westphalien [wep] (Germany)
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