North Sea Germanic, also known as Ingvaeonic, is a subgrouping of West Germanic languages consisting of Old Frisian, Old English and Old Saxon, and their descendants. These languages share a number of commonalities, including a single plural ending for all persons of the verb, the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law, common changes to the Germanic vowel a, and a plural form -as, features that lead scholars to treat them as a distinct group within West Germanic.
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Proto-Language StatusWhether the shared features of North Sea Germanic come from a genuine common proto-language or instead arose through later language contact and mutual influence among neighboring dialects is itself an open scholarly debate. 2 RegionOriginally the North Sea coast from Friesland to Jutland; its descendant languages are spoken worldwide today. 2 Browse and compare
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1. Glottolog: North Sea Germanic (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 53
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: North Sea Germanic
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Originally the North Sea coast from Friesland to Jutland; today, worldwide
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It is debated whether the shared features of North Sea Germanic are inherited from a common proto-language or formed through later contact and influence.
View the Source Wikidata: North Sea Germanic
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