Home›Eurasian Language Families›In Group›Indo-European: Germanic BranchGroupIndo-European: Germanic BranchThe Germanic branch of Indo-European includes English, German, Dutch and the Scandinavian languages, along with the extinct East Germanic languages such as Gothic, and is conventionally divided into North Germanic, the Scandinavian languages, West Germanic, English, German, Dutch, Frisian and their relatives, and the extinct East Germanic branch. This child group, under Indo-European Branches, holds every Eurasian Language Families member whose sourced description identifies it as Germanic or as a named branch or sub-branch within Germanic: North, West, East, Anglo-Frisian, Low and High German among them.FactsIndo-European: Germanic BranchSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested48 1Indo-European: Germanic BranchFilter Results21 entriesMacro-areaAllIndo-European Branches (21)Indo-European: Germanic Branch (21)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllAnglo-Frisian languages (2)Celtic (1)Germanic (2)West Germanic (2)Speaker Count BandAll0 (1)24,600 to 795,000 (2)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (4)RegionAllAfrica (5)Asia (3)Austria (1)Belgium (1)Central Asia (1)Central Europe (2)Eastern Europe (1)England (1)Europe (16)France (1)Franconia (1)Frisia (1)Germany (4)Ireland (1)Italy (1)Lorraine (1)Netherlands (1)North Africa (1)North America (2)Northern Europe (1)Oceania (1)Scandinavia (1)Scotland (1)South America (3)Southern Africa (1)Switzerland (1)The Low Countries (1)The North Sea Region (1)United Kingdom (1)Westphalia (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (5)Classification StatusAllEstablished (14)Number of LanguagesAll2 (1)16 to 1,408 (7)3 to 5 (1)6 to 15 (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 21AnglicIndo-European: Germanic BranchAnglo-Frisian languagesIndo-European: Germanic BranchBrittonicIndo-European: Germanic BranchCentral GermanIndo-European: Germanic BranchDutch Low SaxonIndo-European: Germanic BranchEast GermanicIndo-European: Germanic BranchElbe GermanicIndo-European: Germanic BranchFranconianIndo-European: Germanic BranchFrisianIndo-European: Germanic BranchGermanicIndo-European: Germanic BranchHigh GermanIndo-European: Germanic BranchIndo-EuropeanIndo-European: Germanic BranchLow FranconianIndo-European: Germanic BranchNorth GermanicIndo-European: Germanic BranchNorth Sea GermanicIndo-European: Germanic BranchNorthwest GermanicIndo-European: Germanic BranchWeser-Rhine GermanicIndo-European: Germanic BranchWest Central GermanIndo-European: Germanic BranchWest Frisian languagesIndo-European: Germanic BranchWest GermanicIndo-European: Germanic BranchWestern Brittonic languagesIndo-European: Germanic BranchSources1. Wikipedia: Germanic Languagestier 2Wikimedia FoundationBody, SIL Ethnologue language-count sentenceQuote, Body, SIL Ethnologue language-count sentenceThe SIL Ethnologue lists 48 different living Germanic languages, 41 of which belong to the Western branch and six to the Northern branch; it places Riograndenser Hunsrückisch German in neither of the categories, but it is often considered a German dialect by linguists.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.