West Germanic languages
The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of Indo-European languages (the others being the North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages). The West Germanic branch is classically subdivided into three branches: Ingvaeonic, which includes English, Scots, the Low German languages, and the Frisian languages; Istvaeonic, which encompasses Dutch and its close relatives; and Irminonic, which includes German and its close relatives and variants. English is by far the most widely spoken West Germanic language, with over one billion speakers worldwide.
Extends: [West Germanic languages](https://wikipedia.org.ai/West Germanic languages), [Germanic languages](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Germanic languages)
Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | West Germanic |
| Region | Text | Rhine, Alps, Elbe, North Sea |
| Familycolor | Text | Indo-European |
| Fam2 | Text | Germanic |
| Child1 | Text | North Sea Germanic, Anglo-Frisian, Old Saxon |
| Child2 | Text | Weser–Rhine Germanic, Low Franconian |
| Child3 | Text | Elbe Germanic, High German |
| Map | Text | Germanic languages in Europe.png |
| Mapcaption | Text | Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Scots, English, Frisian, Dutch, Low German, High German, multilingualism |
| Iso5 | Text | gmw |
| Glotto | Text | west2793 |
| Glottorefname | Text | West Germanic |
| Lingua | Text | 52-AB & 52-AC |
| Map2 | Text | Afrikaans Map-Africa.svg |
| Mapcaption2 | Text | Afrikaans |